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    Quote Originally Posted by deepdug
    I feel a whole lot better about it now.
    Doug,

    I'm really pleased to hear that it's worked out OK, your experiences didn't reflect what I'd heard previously, and after one short paddle I'm completely stoked (to put it succinctly!)

    It would have been a shame if you hadn't got the chance to experience the true value of the boat!

    Cheers,

    P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daddles
    Trouble is Rowan, at 6 months per coat of varnish, and about seven coats, and that's AFTER he's finished building it ... and not to mention forgetting how many coats are on it and doing a couple of extra

    Richard
    I did say "MAYBE one day the finished canoe"
    Have a nice day - Cheers

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    I am interested in the cane seats still so if the kind person who offered some information on that will pass it on I will be grateful.
    Hi Doug

    This link and this link have most all you will need on how to weave cane seats. The second link looks like you can buy the cane from them as well. I haven't looked for any other sources of cane for a while because my canoe plans went on hold a while back. If all else fails I believe you can get a synthetic lookalike ( )

    Good luck, and if you find any other suppliers for the split cane please post them up

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    Default I'd love to see the Eureka

    Hi Peter,

    I stumbled across your website and this forum whilst looking for ideas and inspiration on the topic of building myself a wooden boat / canoe.

    I would love to see a finished product before I rush out and buy plans, materials and a whole host of unnecessary tools.

    I live in Brisbane and travel to the Sunshine Coast from time to time. Would you mind showing your Eureka sometime?

    Wayne.

    p.s. I tried to email you from the link on your website but the email address is not working.

    p.p.s. I have a friend who is making inexpensive pickups for electric bass'. I thought that you might be interested after seeing your funky bass.

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    Wayne,

    You'd be most welcome (specially if you're good with a sanding block)!

    While the poor old Eureka is floatable, it's well and truly suffering from being in the shadow of the PDRacers, but we should have it all under control in a week or three!

    I've sent you a PM.

    Cheers,

    P

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    Quote Originally Posted by bitingmidge
    Wayne,

    You'd be most welcome (specially if you're good with a sanding block)!....

    ....I've sent you a PM.
    please excuse my ignorance. What is a PM?

    Also, how should I contact you for when I next head up the coast?

    Wayne.

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    A PM is a Private Message Wayne. Click on the Quick Links menu item at the top of the page and select Private Messages. You can send them from there and read the ones sent to you.
    To send one you to someone you can also hover over their name in a message list and select "Send ??? Private Message"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waynevanwijk
    please excuse my ignorance. What is a PM?
    Also, how should I contact you for when I next head up the coast?
    Thanks Rookie,

    Sorry Wayne, if you can work out how check your Private messages, all my contact details are waiting for you. (Go to user CP at the left hand end of the menu, and poke around in there!)

    Regards,

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    Thanks for that info Rookie.

    And now the all important questions.

    Time? How long should it take to build one?

    Judging by the time it has taken Peter to build the Eureka I should safely guess that I could have one completed in about 3 years (I have my masters in procrastination - well, I will get around to finishing them someday).

    The other question is that of price. From beginning to end what am I likley to spend on this little canoe?

    Thanks for any replies.

    Wayne.

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    Price:

    Two sheets of 6mm plywood Gaboon preferably - $120.00
    You'll need half a sheet for the seats decks and bulkheads, so make that $180.00
    Timber I'm guessing $50 (I spent $30, but milled it myself)
    Epoxy, glass tape and glue powder $120.00 (Boatcraft Pacific)
    Varnish - say $40.00

    Brushes, sandpaper, rollers and tape, say $20.00

    Total around $400.00 for a Rolls-Royce version. I spent $80 on 4mm ply and had half a sheet left over, so my boat cost about $300.00 not bad for the end result.

    Building: for a realistic time check out deepdug's estimate a couple of pages back.

    (Hope you weren't trying to phone today!)

    Cheers,

    P

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    Quote Originally Posted by bitingmidge
    Price:

    Two sheets of 6mm plywood Gaboon preferably - $120.00
    You'll need half a sheet for the seats decks and bulkheads, so make that $180.00
    Timber I'm guessing $50 (I spent $30, but milled it myself)
    Epoxy, glass tape and glue powder $120.00 (Boatcraft Pacific)
    Varnish - say $40.00

    Brushes, sandpaper, rollers and tape, say $20.00

    Total around $400.00 for a Rolls-Royce version. I spent $80 on 4mm ply and had half a sheet left over, so my boat cost about $300.00 not bad for the end result.

    Building: for a realistic time check out deepdug's estimate a couple of pages back.

    (Hope you weren't trying to phone today!)

    Cheers,

    P
    Don't forget $75 +p&p for the plans. You've be hard up trying to make it without them!
    Have a nice day - Cheers

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    Thanks Rowan!

    It's just that I bought them 8 years ago, so I'd written them off in my mind! (They were about $60 then from memory so I've saved a bit more, but I also bought the outrigger and paddle plans at the time..... watch this thread!)


    Cheers,

    P

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    Quote Originally Posted by bitingmidge
    (They were about $60 then from memory so I've saved a bit more, but I also bought the outrigger and paddle plans at the time.....
    You may have saved on the plans then but the paddle plans are now free too!!!
    watch this thread!
    Maybe instead of taking bets for the 10000 member for Ian's fundraiser we should be taking bets on the finish date for the Eureka
    Have a nice day - Cheers

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    Default The cost

    I bought all of the material from Duck Flat.

    The original pack cost about $750.

    I spent $82 on varnish but I have about half of it left.

    I ran out of ply from 2.5 sheets.

    I have several lengths of timber left over from the parts list.

    I needed about 3 litres of epoxy plus 1.5 litres of hardener.

    I estimate that the original construction took 40 hours with about another 10 hours to pull out the old seats and springer and widen the boat by 100 mm.

    $20 for two cheap paddles.

    $75 for the plans.

    About $1,000 I suspect!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wood Butcher
    You may have saved on the plans then but the paddle plans are now free too!!!
    But there is method in my madness.

    Most free plans are pretty poor. But the paddle plans are proper professional level plans

    1/ step by step instructions on shaping and use of materials
    2/ setup to match the paddles to the size of the paddler
    3/ include the measurements for all jigs
    4/ the resulting paddles work really well.
    5/ clear diagrams
    8/ clear materials list - timber and sizings, plywood, epoxoids etc.

    So they are professional plans for free! So ppl can see the difference for themselves.

    They are still worth the $45 that Midge paid for them - it's just that you don't have to pay it.

    I think i had better go before I comfuwse myself.

    Michael

    oh the link for the free paddle plans is
    http://www.storerboatplans.com/Paddles/FreePaddle.html
    Last edited by Boatmik; 12th December 2007 at 08:16 PM.

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