Anyone tried a SOF for a child? I have at least 2 grandsons who are interested in paddling, but have no idea if the interest will last.
Seems like a SOF would be an economical way to find out.
Yost
One source of plans:
http://www.yostwerks.com/DesignsMenu.html
Sea Pup and Sea Flea – can be built as non-folders.
String , a long shot but …
.......... there are 4 kayaks going up for auction in MD (DNR) on the 16th , sealed bids have to be in by the 13th .
I've seen them and they looked pretty nice to me but I didn't look close at them because I was looking at the canoes . The auction listing says they are all "Confluence WaterSport" kayaks , fiberglass !!
One is an 06 12' , a 92 14' , an 03 10' , a 98 14' ..
I can foreward the DNR auction email to you or anyone interested if they email me . The listing shows the boats and has all info.req. to get a sealed bid in .
These boats will go rediculously cheap I think . Sometimes a $100. bid is said to take a boat home .
Don’t know if you remember
Airwave from this board (he pops in occasionally now as Matt Johnson). He built a sweet little SOF for his daughter. Cost next to nothing since it was so short he used scraps from other projects. His blog address is http://www.carvegp.com/kayak_blog/. Maybe you can get in touch with him from there.
Good luck
Randy