Message-Id: <338C8C61.3D24@boi.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 13:49:53 -0600
From: Bill Blohm <bblohm@boi.hp.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Stimson Marine Spoondrifter
Julio MacWilliams wrote:
>
> I bought the plans for it but decided not to build it because they
> made a very complicated aproach to the wood frame compared to that
> of a greenland boat or a baidarka. It is based on gluing many
> pieces of wood together and I am not going to put up anymore
> with glue hardening times.
>
> The lines are excellent, and it looks like a very good boat for
> waves and choppy seas. My prediction is that it also tracks well.
So, why didn't you go ahead and build it, using their lines and
your own construction methods, or even those discussed in the
baidarka list? After all, the plans gives you the right to build
one.
This brings up an interesting question, that I don't know if it
should be followed or not. But FWIW, I know there are at least
three pro builders, and at least the same number of designers.
So...what happens if I see a plan or drawing or whatever, decide
I like it, and then develop my own plans to provide me with that
hull shape, and then build it myself from how I imagine it to be?
What's the general take on this? And on my suggestion about using
your own construction methods for the hull but their shapes from
the plans you've already purchased?
Bill B.