paxtonm Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Vardo is coming along nicely, thanks to all of you, but mostly, to Jeff. My 84 year old dad comes by most Sundays for dinner, and the project is really fascinating him. It's great to listen to his comments and questions. The reason for this post is just to thank Jeff for great designs, incredible customer service (placed an order Monday night, added to it Tuesday morning, got it Friday) and patient advice. The foot brace brackets went in today, and the design of his brackets is perfect -- simple and elegant. The skin is next, and I can't wait. I've never enjoyed a woodworking project more. I think it will be floating soon. I'm already thinking about the next one... Quote
Kudzu Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Your welcome and I think you will really like the VARDO. It and Long Shot are my favorites to paddle. Quote
P Doug (WA) Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Looks like you will have some nice places to paddle. Any chance you'd have some pictures to post? Yes, and Jeff has created a monster, these kayaks are just too fun to build and causing me great grief with my wife. She just doesn't seem to appreciate the time I spend on the kayak as apposed to all the other things I should be doing! Quote
Kudzu Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 Imagine what my place looks like! I love building them too. Quote
paxtonm Posted April 16, 2012 Author Posted April 16, 2012 Looks like I've got to use an online photo service, like picasa or photobucket, to link a url for a photo on this site. I've been meaning to move a bunch of pix to the cloud, but haven't gotten to it. That's on the to-do list, I guess. Won't happen today, because I'm at work until 9 p.m. or later. Quote
Ward Posted April 16, 2012 Posted April 16, 2012 "She just doesn't seem to appreciate the time I spend on the kayak as apposed to all the other things I should be doing!" Understand that! Ordered Castaway plans, got same, bought lumber for strong back, hot water heater busted. She who must be obeyed thought laundry room should be redone (it did need it). Then she decided the pressure tank needed replacing (it probably did). So I have Friday scheduled for boat beginning. She is all happy and smiley faced so I should have freedom in the shop for awhile. Quote
Hirilonde Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Why do you heat hot water? I will never understand why chores like that are so important. But my wife insists they are too. Quote
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