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Re: Other: My 5 seconds of fame
By:Dan Thaler
Date: 1/2/2017, 10:48 am
In Response To: Re: Other: My 5 seconds of fame (JohnAbercrombie)

There were obviously a few things that the writer just pulled out of her hat. Those numbers are one of them. The other is "2 weeks to build a boat". In that case I may have said it took 80 hours minimum. I went back and forth with her about the process and I'm not sure all of it sank in. They wanted me to show the whole process start to finish and I explained that wasn't really possible in 2 days of filming. So we fudged a few things...
The strongback and forms are for an Expedition Single that I may or may not build.
The strips we glued on are on a Nymph 12 canoe.
The fiberglassing we did was on an experimental Shearwater project. I'm calling it a "strip and glue" boat. I glued a bunch of panels together from 1/8" strips and cut them out as if they were Okoume. The plan is to glass the inside, wire them together and then proceed as a S&G. I've tried a few test panels to see how much I can twist them with one side glassed and it seems like it will work. I'll finish this someday....
The varnishing was on my light weight Petrel that is now 4 years old.
The crew was great to work with. We had 8 people here the first day and 5 the second.

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Other: My 5 seconds of fame
Dan Thaler -- 12/31/2016, 12:42 pm
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howard -- 12/31/2016, 12:54 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/31/2016, 2:20 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 12/31/2016, 4:06 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 12/31/2016, 4:11 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/1/2017, 12:43 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 1/1/2017, 5:55 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/2/2017, 8:17 am
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Kirk Fredericks -- 1/1/2017, 8:44 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/1/2017, 12:53 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 1/1/2017, 5:53 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/2/2017, 8:17 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/2/2017, 10:47 am
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Dan Thaler -- 1/2/2017, 10:50 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/2/2017, 12:19 pm
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Phil -- 1/1/2017, 1:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/2/2017, 8:13 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/2/2017, 8:54 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/2/2017, 11:04 am
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Dan Thaler -- 1/2/2017, 10:48 am
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Dan Thaler -- 1/2/2017, 10:59 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/2/2017, 11:03 am
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Dan Thaler -- 1/2/2017, 11:11 am