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existentialsailor
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Initially Posted - 06/15/2007 : 16:59:28

I've been trying to glass the hull of my kayak I'm building for a week, but the weather window simply won't stay open long enough. This is my solution, glass goes on tomorrow:

I hope to build a small dinghy type sail boat in there in August as September and October are the best sailing months in these parts.

Rick

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Response Posted - 06/18/2007 : 15:00:12

There you go! All you need is a doorbell and a mailbox. Have you thought about whacking some rebar 'U's" into the ground around the base plate? Just in case you get a few gusts ahead of a boomer......Or some lines from the roof line to pins....

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Response Posted - 06/21/2007 : 05:55:01

I've got it nailed down pretty good Oscar with cement blocks. They are on the outside, you can't see them in the picture. We've had thunderstorms with the attendant winds almost everyday for the last week and a half. I think we've only had one day in which we haven't lost power.

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Response Posted - 07/11/2007 : 16:46:48

Finished:

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Response Posted - 07/11/2007 : 17:03:20

Damn! You do good stuff! Got any more of those for sale?

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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 05:21:42

Dave,

I'd love to sell you one, but the amount of labor that goes into one would probably make the price unreasonable. There's about $1200 in materials and over 100 hours of labor. Mostly everything is done by hand.

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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 06:33:43

I'm sure there is someone somewhere who'd pay 2500 for that. It looks sharp

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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 07:06:31

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Champipple
 I'm sure there is someone somewhere who'd pay 2500 for that. It looks sharp
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That's... ummmmmm...... maybe $12/hour. I doubt that's what he had in mind.

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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 09:55:14

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave Bristle
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Champipple
 I'm sure there is someone somewhere who'd pay 2500 for that. It looks sharp
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That's... ummmmmm...... maybe $12/hour. I doubt that's what he had in mind.
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No that wouldn't be worth it to me, hence my original statement. The market varies, but you'll find them going for up to $15000 for the really pretty ones, much nicer than mine. I've seen used ones in nice shape for $4000.

This guy does gorgeous work, his start at $7500, I can only hope to someday achieve his level of craftmanship.http://www.cedar-strip.com/pages/services.html

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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 12:10:17

Oh my goodness!

I'd be afraid to get a drop of water on it!

Yours still looks really good, Rick. I think I'll have to stick to my rotomolded sit-on-tops... Easier on the old body and for novices to knock around on.

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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 13:16:09

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by existentialsailor
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave Bristle
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Champipple
 I'm sure there is someone somewhere who'd pay 2500 for that. It looks sharp
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That's... ummmmmm...... maybe $12/hour. I doubt that's what he had in mind.
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The market varies, but you'll find them going for up to $15000 for the really pretty ones, much nicer than mine. . . . . I can only hope to someday achieve his level of craftmanship.http://www.cedar-strip.com/pages/services.html
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Okay so I was off a bit on the price. Yes it is 12 bucks an hour - but he already made all the mistakes so I figured the next one would take about 70 hours of actual labor and maybe a 200 bucks less in materials due to less waste. So more like 21 or 22 bucks an hour. Plus as Rick mentioned (I'm backpeddling here) he can only hope to achieve that level of craftsmanship which requires practice....which of course you can't charge the full $55 per hour for...

Still really nice -

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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 16:25:57

I can;t hold a candle to some of these guys who have been building these as a business for 20 or 25 years, I've only been doing it for 8 or 9 years and just as a hobby. Even those guys will tell you that 300 hours is not unreasonable for the amount of time it takes for the real pretty ones.
Going to build this one next: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/node/89/view

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Eventually I'll build a wooden sail boat, always wanted one. If I could afford it, I'd buy Ocean Planet and keep her up and give cruises on her.

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Response Posted - 07/13/2007 : 08:00:28

There is a guy here in Cleveland that build a teak and glass boat with his father many years ago. Most of the people at this and last years nationals probably saw her "Jack of Hearts" The boat was hit by lightening a few years back and he actually had to rebuild a lot of her.

The story has it - though I've never actually confirmed it with him - is that teak was too expensive so they bought 3 or 4 teak trees and cut their own lumber....I'll try and find some pics to post here.

I love the way they look and know I have zero patience and even less time for the upkeep.

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