Wood Canoe Kits

When I checked online wooden sailboat kits I was amazed at how the prices were high - and the kits do not include the sails and rigging. For a boat of pocket 15 ', I found a kit that was $ 3,400, after adding the rigging, we are talking over $ 6,000 for a kit 15' wooden sailboat. I do not know what the port would be - but I know it will not be cheap and the price would just go up. It was above the price I wanted to spend.

So I decided to take a different route and I started looking for boat plans online instead. What I found shocked me again. For a mere 24 'sailboat in a position to foot path (not including the trailer) - the plans cost $ 240! It seems too expensive for me and that was for a single set of plans.

What if I wanted to take a canoe behind my boat so I can anchor offshore, but have access to the shore without getting wet? I could also use the boat to the line away from my yacht anchored and find that special place where fishing for large pieces like drag - and get a sailboat in this place could be a bit risky.

So I was happy to find this site that offers more than 200 easy boat building plans and I can download them directly to my computer or get sent to me on DVD. What's really cool is the guy who put these plans together, has been building boats for over 20 years - it is also an excellent wood craftsman and comes from a long line of ancestors who have been boatbuilding.

His ancestors were the Vikings at the beginning and most people know they are famous not only for their boat building skills, but to go in many places in boats. They think they have even discovered America before Christopher Columbus, according to what history books you read.

I like the idea of having a complete library on my computer any boat I might need to build for less than one fifth the price of a single plane sailing. Heck - he has plans for cruising yachts, canoes, dinghies, Dorys, duck boats, boats, houses, Hydros, Jon boats, kayaks, rowboats, runabouts interior, pedal, paddle wheel boats, boats fishing, runabout boats, boats, sailboats, ski boats, skiffs, boats, submarines, surfboards, boats, utility boats, yachts and wooden boats. All this from a guy who has over 20 years of boatbuilding experience.

For me, using a kit is the easiest solution - and you're stuck with products they send. What if you forget something and do not you send all the pieces - you will not know unless you check everything you've received the list of materials. There is nothing more frustrating than buying a kit to discover the missing pieces. That's why buying a plan and use its equipment list to buy my own equipment is something I prefer. It's my form of quality control. I know what I am getting, because I myself am buying all the elements!

The other thing is: why spend money you do not? I do not need to impress everyone by telling them how much something costs. In fact, I prefer to do-it-myself, and I impress and keep my wife happy with what I'm capable of doing. It gives me a secret pleasure in knowing that I built myself something from scratch for much less than someone else can buy new or used or built from a kit . I'll put the kits for models and toys.

Quality is the determining factor for me when I build. This is my form of quality control! If there is anything wrong with what I built, I can fix myself and I have not checked for because someone else screwed up! I love working with my hands and what is great is that my mind clears and I never seem to worry when my hands are busy on a project.