Footnotes to Wooden Boat #165
Computer down for two whole days...anquish...where to read
on boats?
Bought a magazine!
pp. 139, the classifieds
A guy in Texas asks for his 15 year old Windsprint ( sloop )
$3500. Looks like the Featherwind rig.
pp. 133
Jim Betts is back! River Rover is like Gypsy's Poke but this
time 12 feet by 8. Who says square boats are dead?
pp. 90 Launchings
A real nice Toto pic
A bright finished, sharpie, pedal powered speedboat.
An 8' pram built like the Burgundy. This one uses glued up
poplar planks assembled stitch-and-glue.
Maybe I'll call my next boat Wooden Nickel.
Mark
on boats?
Bought a magazine!
pp. 139, the classifieds
A guy in Texas asks for his 15 year old Windsprint ( sloop )
$3500. Looks like the Featherwind rig.
pp. 133
Jim Betts is back! River Rover is like Gypsy's Poke but this
time 12 feet by 8. Who says square boats are dead?
pp. 90 Launchings
A real nice Toto pic
A bright finished, sharpie, pedal powered speedboat.
An 8' pram built like the Burgundy. This one uses glued up
poplar planks assembled stitch-and-glue.
Maybe I'll call my next boat Wooden Nickel.
Mark
Richard,
Jim Betts, of Amateur Boat Building Society fame, says it's
best to plan on using a home built boat 5 years, then throwing the
thing away. If you're attached to it, hard truth; but for most some
good advice, unless you've done good work and also get quite lucky.
( It can happen though. Think of Chuck's old Tennessee. )
I'd add to give it to a kid or some deserving enterprise. Still, the
only cheaper fun is on a bicycle or with a close friend late at
night.
Your boat looks nice to me in photos. Compared to some old, 'frozen
snot' built wreck, it's certainly a bargain. People just have their
prejudices. The secret of the car dealers is hanging on as long
as it may take to get what you really need from it.
Maybe you are right. Do they think, "Oh gee, a $1500 sailboat
-what good could that be?"
Mark
Jim Betts, of Amateur Boat Building Society fame, says it's
best to plan on using a home built boat 5 years, then throwing the
thing away. If you're attached to it, hard truth; but for most some
good advice, unless you've done good work and also get quite lucky.
( It can happen though. Think of Chuck's old Tennessee. )
I'd add to give it to a kid or some deserving enterprise. Still, the
only cheaper fun is on a bicycle or with a close friend late at
night.
Your boat looks nice to me in photos. Compared to some old, 'frozen
snot' built wreck, it's certainly a bargain. People just have their
prejudices. The secret of the car dealers is hanging on as long
as it may take to get what you really need from it.
Maybe you are right. Do they think, "Oh gee, a $1500 sailboat
-what good could that be?"
Mark
--- In bolger@y..., "rlspell2000" <richard@s...> wrote:
> I can't get Anyone to
> buy the 2 year old AF2 for $1500! (shameless plug!)
> (Maybe I should ask $5000 for it and negotiate downs?
And the bad thing, he will probably sell it. I can't get Anyone to
buy the 2 year old AF2 for $1500! (shameless plug!)
(Maybe I should ask $5000 for it and negotiate downs?
buy the 2 year old AF2 for $1500! (shameless plug!)
(Maybe I should ask $5000 for it and negotiate downs?
--- In bolger@y..., Mark Albanese <marka@o...> wrote:
> pp. 139, the classifieds
> A guy in Texas asks for his 15 year old Windsprint ( sloop )
> $3500. Looks like the Featherwind rig.
>