From: kork@imagelan.com (Kirk Olsen)
Message-Id: <9503201506.AA10601@imagelan.com>
Subject: Re: late announcement
To: baidarka@imagelan.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 10:06:37 EST
In-Reply-To: <ab8f430700021004285d@[132.177.128.6]>; from "paul labrie" at Mar 17, 95 9:13 am
>
> Paul Labrie wrote:
>
> The late announcement is that this weekend, for those of you in the
> New England area, is the Maine Boatbuilders' Show. This is an EXCELLENT
> show -- no dealers, no metal-flaked ski boats, etc., just builders and
> small craft (kayaks, canoes, skiffs, lobsterboats, catamarans, etc.). The
> show is held in a set of funky old buildings on the waterfront in Portland
> ME. The place is typically jammed (lots of families, including dogs, which
> are allowed) (take 295 north from rt95. Look for the Commercial Street exit
> and start asking
Commercial street exit? What commercial street exit. The start asking
was the key part of the directions ;-) The first person I asked knew
where the show was and he highly recommended it.
> Best way to sum up the Maine Boatbuilders' Show is to say that this
> is the one show I can think of where you might see a baidarka... I'm going
> this afternoon!
There were 2 baidarkas in the parking lot on saturday. They were both
on the roof of a vehicle from Danvers Massachusetts. There is a guy
in Danvers who builds and sells Bruce Lemon designed boats. Both boats
were wood frame singles with the upswept lower jaw bifurcated bow.
One boat had the skin on it the other was just the frame.