origami steel boatbuilding

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From: "John M" <john.m.RemoveThis@cogeco.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: Origami steel boat building


>A number of years ago on a drive from Comox to Campbell River I spotted a
> building whole yard contained a number of boats. Naturally I stopped in.
> The
> building housed a welding and machine shop the boats owned by individuals
> in
> the process of building them.
> The elderly gentleman who owned the business wanted to sell it and sail to
> Alaska.
> Apparently the designer of these boats lived in Campbell River the deal
> was
> if you wanted one you would supply the steel and pay the designer a
> ridiculously small amount of money, the designer would arrive and build
> your
> hull and deck in something like a week. The hulls were hard chine in the
> amid ships area but when in the water looked as smooth as fibreglass.
> There is a company just outside of Toronto that is building an aluminium
> sailboat around forty feet using this method the hulls look not out of
> place. The price is a lot more than it was years ago.
> John