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Re: Other: cheapest *LINK*
By:Tom Yost
Date: 4/1/2008, 11:57 am
In Response To: Other: cheapest (Acors)

: whats the cheapest hull you have built?
: and i dont mean things like a quick frame in saran wrap or a 6 hours canoe

I prefer inexpensive to "Cheap"... :)

For under $400.00US you can build an inflatable / folder hybrid using 3
aluminum stringers, a PVC skin, and 4 homebuilt PVC sponsons. It's more
expensive to build than a wood frame non-folder, but a "folding kayak" may
be worth a bit more money based on it's greater utility, especially one that
assembles in 10 minutes or less.

The Sonnet 17.5 ( 17.5' X 23") in the Link was just completed in Dundee,
Scotland. It will be used for a multiple day tour along the Turkish coast
in August.

Fly there...Paddle...Fly home !

Tom

Messages In This Thread

Other: cheapest
Acors -- 3/31/2008, 12:04 pm
Re: Other: cheapest
Aaron H -- 4/1/2008, 12:14 pm
Re: Other: cheapest *LINK*
Tom Yost -- 4/1/2008, 11:57 am
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Acors -- 4/1/2008, 4:38 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/1/2008, 11:38 am
Wood frame non-folding SOF by far
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/1/2008, 8:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2008, 1:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2008, 1:27 am
Re: Other: cheapest *LINK*
Paul Montgomery -- 3/31/2008, 9:01 pm
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Aaron H -- 4/1/2008, 11:54 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 4/1/2008, 7:37 pm
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Aaron H -- 4/2/2008, 10:35 am
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Acors -- 4/1/2008, 4:43 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/1/2008, 1:55 pm
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Chuck Gandy -- 3/31/2008, 8:22 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/31/2008, 2:33 pm