Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980710100539.006d9804@mail.ptinet.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 10:05:39 -0700
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: Todd Schlemmer <nullman@ptinet.net>
Subject: Re:[baidarka] successful trip
In-Reply-To: <199807090405.XAA20222@atlantis.nconnect.net>
I was gonna ask you where you were too, but I'll just have to take a
number...
At 11:05 PM 7/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
>