Only 3 minutes in and I'm seeing so many little skills, damn

He had the form up front, could have made it from fiberglass in a weekend and spent the rest of the time kayaking with a boat that didn't need a armed guard every time he camped. That sumbitch belongs in a museum.
 

I built a kayak from Nick Schade's book How to Build a Strip Built Kayak (or words to that effect).  I built it in my basement and sailed it (paddled it, sorry) as a virgin, first time kayaker on an epic trip through the San Juan Islands with Troop 100, many years ago.  His instructions were so on point that a literal first timer made a boat, a thing of beauty, a seaworthy object of art... full credit to him.

I still have the boat, though it's been subject to sunlight for a long time now.  It's still seaworthy, though I might have to be lowered into the water with a crane... I will never love a boat I made more than I love this one.

These gorgeous boats make me think about the difference between building a boat and using a boat.  Which hobby is it?

It's sort of similar to how some woodworkers think that woodworking is a hobby all about accumulating tools and there just isn't time to make anything.

You can say the same about any hobby.

Hot Rods and Custom cars are like that. The guys that have the most outstanding cars never drive them. Garage queens because heaven forbid the $30,000 paint job gets chipped, and it would take a solid weekend to clean the dirt off all the chrome you can't see without crawling under.
Hey, are those 2 or 3 speed wipers? I don't know it's never seen rain.
Whatever blows your skirt up but I'll never understand it.

Last edited by xoxoxoBruce (8/26/2022 12:14 am)