Terry Dunn

I bought 9' spruce spoon blade oars for my CS 20 from Island Oars: http://www.lucidstyle.com/islandoars/index.html Good oars, good service. I think they are located very close to Barkley Sound Oars on Vancouver Island. Not that it matters when the oars are shipped 1500 miles.

I found building the CS 20 a satisfying adventure. I built my CS 20 last year. My wife and I are planning a trip to Minnesota to visit her sister this summer and I saw there is a wooden boat show and Summer Solstice Festival in Grand Marais MN in June. http://www.northhousefolkschool.com/events/woodenboatshow.html Since it only 256 miles (round trip) out of our way, I thought it would be fun to drag our CS 20 2500 miles (round trip) to check out the North Shore, do some sailing and check out the Festival. How is sailing in that area towards the end of June? How are the mosquitoes? Enjoy your project. [/url]

Thanks to all of you for the great advice. I planing to get a 4 or 5 hp Mercury 4 stroke. I am choosing Mercury because I like the color and the sound of the name. Very scientific.

I am considering an outboard motor for my CS 20. I have nice 9' oars and my wife rows pretty good. However, I will probably drag the boat to some larger bodies of water and would like an outboard. Is a Honda 2hp adequate? How fast would it push a 20? Would it push a 20 against a 20 knot breeze? How much better would a 4hp be? I will not use the motor often (I hope) but do plan on a 4 stroke.

Sorry to hear about your problem. I broke two pieces of plywood of plywood while stitching my Spindrift 10. My problem was caused primarily by not following the directions properly. I used the butterfly method but did not stitch the centerline all the way up. I was using cheap fir plywood. The good news. I reparied the panels with fiberglass and epoxy and the fractures are not obvious. When I built my CS 20, I think I did the butterfly as intended and it folded out so nice. Good luck

I also got my tubing from Online Metals. I got 8' sections so they could be shipped UPS. I used .065. There web site does not list .083 but it might be worth a phone call (1-800-704-2157 ).

It never ceases to amaze me how creative people are when they are determined to build a boat. I built my CS20 in a 20' 7" by 19' garage. Most of the time there was a car in the garage with the boat. Hmmn. Perhaps if I had put a pulley system in diagonally, I could have got both cars in the garage. The kayak and car top carrier suspended in the garage may have gotten in the way. Now I fuss becuase the boat won't fit in the garage on the trailer. Life can be hard. I might try the block and tackle sets from Harbor Freight. An easy way to get the boat off the trailer to do some work would be nice.

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I have not seen any pictures of a Core Sound with multi colored sails so I thought I should post one. I started CS 20 # 36 in December 2002. I am not sure when she will be finished but we have had her in the water about 5 times. She floats. Floating is a good thing for a boat, I figure. She sails good. # 36 went together quite well. She is evidence that a person with mediocre skills can build a Core Sound. I used okoume for the 1/4" panels and marine doug fir for the 3/8" panels. The plywood was purchased form Edensaw, Seattle WA over the phone. Edensaw prices were good and I would have had to pay shipping no matter who I ordered the plywood from. I picked the plywood up at he truck yard in Denver CO. I was careful to make sure that my minivan would handle 4x8 sheets. Of course, the okoume was 48.5x 98.5 or something like that. A tight squeeze. The rest of the structural wood is Home Depot doug fir. I ripped 2 by lumber for the 1x2's. There is 3.8oz glass on the bottom and sides to the sheer for abrasion resistance. I put a few coats of clear gloss Spar Urethane for UV protection. Perhaps someday I will fair and paint. Probably not. My centerboard was binding so I made it thinner. Now it does not bind but rattles a bit. I will be more careful on my next boat The sails are from B&B. Standard sails with sleeves. I am very pleased with the sails. The masts are 8' sections of .065 aluminum tube. Shipping was much cheaper going with 8' sections, rather than 12' and 6' sections. In addition to sails for propulsion , I have 9' spoon blade spruce oars. I plan to add additional oar locks and a removable seat for rowing. My wife needs a more convenient place to sit and row.

I am also interested in what people have to say about oars. However, it may be a little late for me since I bought some for my CS20. I bought oars from http://www.lucidstyle.com/islandoars/. I was going to buy 8' but Paul suggested 9' or 9'6" after I described what I panned to use them for. I went with the 9' spoon blade oars. The were shipped Purolator in a tube and were on my porch in 4 or 5 days. I tried the oars out last weekend. They work good. 9' sounded long to me but the spruce oars are light and easy to handle. Longer would probably be OK. West Marine has a formulae for oar length. Page 212 in their catalog. 1/2 beam * 3 + 6" (34" * 3 + 6" = really long oars). I want to try my 9' oars on my S10. That should be fun. I think the island oars and barkley sound guys are both on the East side of Vancouver Island B.C.

Nice looking wood. I ran into a guy here in Denver that bought the bleacher seats from Denver West High School when they rebuilt their bleachers. He has a pile 3' high with three or four stacks of mahogany boards, 14' and 16' long by 8" or 9" wide by slightly more than 1" (a real inch) thick. I bought a board for my gunwhale. He has planed the finish off of some of the boards. He is selling the unplanned boards for $3.50 a board ft. He thought the bleachers were built around 1938. The boards have two holes about every 4 ft. Drop me an email if anyone is interested.

You might try Edensaw. I bought okoume 6mm and doug fir 3/8" for my CS20 from Edensaw. I think Joe used Meranti from Edensaw for his CS20 for about $300 less than I paid. www.edensaw.com Terry

I purchased 8 foot sections from Online Metals for my CS20. 3" X.065, 2.5" by .065, 2" x .065. Might be a little bendy .. but I will probably never see another Core Sound and won't know the difference. Terry

Pretty Kayak Tim. Your pictures look like they could be close to where I am (or, perhaps, far, far away). I am in Colorado. Where are you located?