Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:58:52 -0500 (CDT)
Message-Id: <199807091558.KAA29717@atlantis.nconnect.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: pathfndr@nconnect.net (Rich Frey)
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Re:successful trip
>Where are you? - I'll take it.
Slinger (near Milwaukee, WIsconsin)
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>David
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>> bboT, You wrote: I'll bet this is an OLD folbot. Preferable to the new
>in
>> my book. They
>> >had aluminum stringers and (marine?) ply ribs/bulkheads/forms around
>which
>> >the stringers are bent. Skin was originally naugahyde. Actually a
>pretty
>> >good imitation of sealskin, I'll bet...
>>
>>
>> I checked it out today; it is old, 25 years old, built from a kit by an
>old
>> Latvian immigrant (He's very, VERY old, now, anyway.) I think his elderly
>> wife wants him to get it out of the garage. This boat LOOKED to be about
>> three years old, very well crafted and solid. It has two layers of
>naugahyde
>> on the hull and one on the deck with not a scratch or gouge in it. He had
>a
>> sailing rig for it (homemade, I think) and a rudder that had never been
>> attached, but had all the hardware for it. The ferruled paddles are
>> original, purchased from folboat. All parts are wood except bow cap and
>tail
>> cap/ rudder which are steel or very thick aluminum- no aluminum
>stringers.
>> It looks like a classic: very wide beam, fairly flat bottom, and in 'like
>> new' condition.
>>
>> ...Depending on shape, I'd scoop it up...
>>
>> I am having second thoughts because: A) It's not light (80lbs? -he didn't
>> know) not very portage-able, and while I probably wouldn't sell it,
>resale
>> is ????? B)Also, my wife wants a fenced in playground for her huskies so
>> they can work out their pecking order BEFORE they're hooked to the sled.
>> Priorities vs. well, priorities... C) If I can justify it as an
>investment,
>> I'll probably buy. But what is it worth (beyond the obvious spirit I
>sense
>> it has, which is priceless)
>> >
>> Rich
>>
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