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New Curlew for the wife.


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Just finished a Curlew for my wife... Couldn't find any decent WRC locally, but I was able to get some really nice, knot-free, straight grained cypress in 16' lengths from a local mill. No scarfing required! The leftovers from milling the gunwales and stingers worked very nicely for the laminated coaming as well. No actual "launch" photos, however- I learned the hard way not to go anywhere near the water with my phone- but the boat performed perfectly and she loves it, her only other kayaking experiences have been in big 'ol roto-molded plastic boats. I'm told this is a major improvement over those.post-5377-0-36240500-1444483762_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-03793900-1444483769_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-75906500-1444483775_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-98722200-1444483781_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-61482100-1444483789_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-13073800-1444483797_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-56880600-1444483804_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-90304600-1444483811_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-72690100-1444483819_thumb.jpgpost-5377-0-99023100-1444483826_thumb.jpg

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Just finished a Curlew for my wife... Couldn't find any decent WRC locally, but I was able to get some really nice, knot-free, straight grained cypress in 16' lengths from a local mill. No scarfing required! The leftovers from milling the gunwales and stingers worked very nicely for the laminated coaming as well. No actual "launch" photos, however- I learned the hard way not to go anywhere near the water with my phone- but the boat performed perfectly and she loves it, her only other kayaking experiences have been in big 'ol roto-molded plastic boats. I'm told this is a major improvement over those.attachicon.gif20150801_202133.jpgattachicon.gif20150911_182504.jpgattachicon.gif20150911_182642.jpgattachicon.gif20150911_184147.jpgattachicon.gif20150911_184205.jpgattachicon.gif20151006_120820.jpgattachicon.gif20151006_120853.jpgattachicon.gif20151006_120909.jpgattachicon.gif20151006_120920.jpgattachicon.gif20151006_121214.jpg

I'm just starting into the boat building business, but that is one of the finest examples of a sof boat I've seen yet! Congratulations! Your wife must be very happy! Wish you lots of fine trips together!

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