Re: boat prices
About 30 years ago, I built an Optimist...my first home-built boat...resorcinol glue...lots of
fun to build and sail. I'd say go for it to anyone who wanted to build one for personal use,
just don't expect
to sell it to a competitive Opti racer later on. They'll want the latest fiberglass version with
racing sails etc.
A bit more complex to build than a modern Bolger "E-Z" boat, but nothing your average
15-year-old (like me at the time) can't handle...
Regards,
Dan
Long Micro pages:http://www.znw.com/homepage/zephyr.htm(pages should be back
online soon)
fun to build and sail. I'd say go for it to anyone who wanted to build one for personal use,
just don't expect
to sell it to a competitive Opti racer later on. They'll want the latest fiberglass version with
racing sails etc.
A bit more complex to build than a modern Bolger "E-Z" boat, but nothing your average
15-year-old (like me at the time) can't handle...
Regards,
Dan
Long Micro pages:http://www.znw.com/homepage/zephyr.htm(pages should be back
online soon)
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "John B. Trussell" <John.Trussell@w...> wrote:
> It seems absurd, since Clark Mills designed the Optimist Pram as a father-son
boatbuilding project, but the folks who have taken over the class have become real
sticklers for absolute compliance to class measurement, effectively prohibiting home made
boats from competition. The Optimist Pram has become a class for yuppie little leaguers,
complete with "Opti-moms" and "Opti-dads". That is too bad, because an Opti is not a
bad boat for a kid who is too light to hold down a Sunfish or a Laser. I'm too old and fat
for either, and my youngest is 26, so I'm totally out of the youth racing game, but it sure
has changes in the past few years.
>
> John T
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> Subject: [bolger] Re: boat prices
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> I remember going to a really disgusting boat show in Boston. Gold plate
> everyplace. There were two boats I liked: an Optimist Pram and a sailing
> hydrofoil trimaran that, I think was supposed to be for two people and
> was maybe 2 or 3 times as long, plus of course having 3 times as many
> hulls and twice as many sails. The former was $2500 and the latter was
> $5000. Go figure! Anyway, I bet building one's own Optimist would make
> economic sense, if you didn't have to rent the space. And rowboats make
> sense if you've got the space.
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It seems absurd, since Clark Mills designed the Optimist Pram as a father-son boatbuilding project, but the folks who have taken over the class have become real sticklers for absolute compliance to class measurement, effectively prohibiting home made boats from competition. The Optimist Pram has become a class for yuppie little leaguers, complete with "Opti-moms" and "Opti-dads". That is too bad, because an Opti is not a bad boat for a kid who is too light to hold down a Sunfish or a Laser. I'm too old and fat for either, and my youngest is 26, so I'm totally out of the youth racing game, but it sure has changes in the past few years.
John T
John T
----- Original Message -----
From: Lincoln Ross
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 6:39 PM
Subject: [bolger] Re: boat prices
I remember going to a really disgusting boat show in Boston. Gold plate
everyplace. There were two boats I liked: an Optimist Pram and a sailing
hydrofoil trimaran that, I think was supposed to be for two people and
was maybe 2 or 3 times as long, plus of course having 3 times as many
hulls and twice as many sails. The former was $2500 and the latter was
$5000. Go figure! Anyway, I bet building one's own Optimist would make
economic sense, if you didn't have to rent the space. And rowboats make
sense if you've got the space.
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I remember going to a really disgusting boat show in Boston. Gold plate
everyplace. There were two boats I liked: an Optimist Pram and a sailing
hydrofoil trimaran that, I think was supposed to be for two people and
was maybe 2 or 3 times as long, plus of course having 3 times as many
hulls and twice as many sails. The former was $2500 and the latter was
$5000. Go figure! Anyway, I bet building one's own Optimist would make
economic sense, if you didn't have to rent the space. And rowboats make
sense if you've got the space.
everyplace. There were two boats I liked: an Optimist Pram and a sailing
hydrofoil trimaran that, I think was supposed to be for two people and
was maybe 2 or 3 times as long, plus of course having 3 times as many
hulls and twice as many sails. The former was $2500 and the latter was
$5000. Go figure! Anyway, I bet building one's own Optimist would make
economic sense, if you didn't have to rent the space. And rowboats make
sense if you've got the space.