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  1. Mate, that’s excellent
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  2. I know… not part of the B&B stuff here… but, my son has taught himself to do some beautiful crafting with wood to support his boat interests. To propel one of his 3 cedar strip canoes he made another paddle. He said it started out as a “beater” paddle from scraps from another paddle build. Then, it started to turn out nicely with his spokeshave work so he put on a nice oil finish… and then drilled holes for a cribbage board for the campsite. I wish I could “post” the soft, velvety smooth finish on the handle and shaft. ?. I know some of you folks would appreciate seeing this hand-made project. I gave him plans for a lapstrake sailboat (not B&B) that he’d like to build someday. I’ll keep nudging him toward considering the new B&B Lapstrake kit. ?. We’ll see.
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  3. I was gonna make some wise-cracking comment on the name this post, but I think I'd just get in trouble...
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  4. A point I'd like to add. I beat this "use quality wood" drum all the time. A few years ago I built a 22 foot sailboat for a customer- all up, it cost him about 22 grand, sails, etc included. I priced the plywood materials using Fir Marine, and again using BS 1088 quality stuff. The cost difference for the entire boat, would have been $700 which is a ridiculously small amount to try to save in a $20 K plus overall expenditure. And the bad taste from using cheap stuff lingers forever. Use the BEST materials you can get- Your TIME is worth so much more than the wood is, and you can Never regain that time.
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