FIRST Kit Build
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FIRST Kit Build
Hard to believe...FIRST SCAMP KIT BUILD...Started Dec. 2010/ finished June 1st 2011...Kit #6 (my choice...I think #2 & #3 were already committed to Howard...I chose #6 !!)....No manual...BUT I had Kees ("You Don't Need a Manual...You Have Me!!"....also I had the "Able Bodied" Simeon writing, photographing, helping and advising me for 21/2 weeks....Scott built the spars.....SCAMP #6 B. Frank now lives down in Panama City, FL. with my good friend Steve Haines...I get down that way now and then to sail with him.....Dilemma?? Do I build another Kit/ or do I go the Gig Harbor route??...Not sure if I still have the resolve to build...Dan
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Re: FIRST Kit Build
build if you want the experience of building - an answer you already know about Dan as you been down this road before
a couple of good used SCAMPs are on the market (wood/kit built and GHBoatworks).
or to get a SCAMP 'just like you want' - Dave at GH is a good honest boatbuilder.
a couple of good used SCAMPs are on the market (wood/kit built and GHBoatworks).
or to get a SCAMP 'just like you want' - Dave at GH is a good honest boatbuilder.
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Re: FIRST Kit Build
Dan,
I went through this exact same scenario before beginning to build Hagoth. At first I really didn't want to do the exact same boat all over again. I almost build a First Mate from Ross Lillistone, but the more I thought about it, I really wanted a sea worthy, relf recoverable boat I could sleep on and voyage on. After days and months of searching, I couldn't find anything I liked better than the Scamp. I'm doing several things different from my first build to make the boat even more suited to my particular needs. Your experience building and sailing B. Frank will be invaluable if you decide to build again. FWIW, I'm having a blast building my second Scamp.
I went through this exact same scenario before beginning to build Hagoth. At first I really didn't want to do the exact same boat all over again. I almost build a First Mate from Ross Lillistone, but the more I thought about it, I really wanted a sea worthy, relf recoverable boat I could sleep on and voyage on. After days and months of searching, I couldn't find anything I liked better than the Scamp. I'm doing several things different from my first build to make the boat even more suited to my particular needs. Your experience building and sailing B. Frank will be invaluable if you decide to build again. FWIW, I'm having a blast building my second Scamp.
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Re: FIRST Kit Build
Whoot! Want me to go swipe B. Frank & bring her out to you? Steve doesn't read this forum, does he?.. he'll never know who it was...
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Re: FIRST Kit Build
Good Idea!!...Piracy is alive and well!!...I may contact my cousin B. Frank to master mind "the Caper"...Steve will never miss her ??...how often does he come to the west coast anyway??...name change to (W. B. Frank...aka Wanna B. Frank!....maybe too obvious??....the purple paint should do the trick!!