GregP wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:34:13 -0700, sandy
wrote:


My 8' square-ender would be about the same as his pointed-at-one-end
Rapid Robert, if I added a point...although mine is a wee bit
narrower. I just want to keep it as small and lite as possible.

The important thing with new boat designs is to get started and
to actually make one. Then you can adapt and evolve the next
time around.



My brother is talking about building a two-piece rowing dory
that he can carry in the back of his truck to fish along shore in
Mass. Do you know of anyone who's tried a two-piece boat ?
He built a 14 foot boat some time ago, so he has some
experience.

Hah, the last two-piece boat I heard about was the plastic
driftboat that got broached on a rock in the Beartrap canyon
......and then split in two. Actually I saw lots of driftboat
pieces at the lower end of the Whitehorse rapid on the Deschutes
last fall. Man what a river the Deschutes is. Big, wide deep slow and
smooth....and fast and narrow and bumpier than a roller coaster ride
too. A two piece boat sounds like a creative idea. I'd like to see it.