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- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable Fun With Rectangular Office Technology
- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable Make Life Better With a Sailboat-in-a-Closet
View Instructable »Sorry I seemed to have missed your reply. I hope you ended up trying to build your boat. Being an amateur engineer (or working those skills into other aspects of a varied and interesting life) is a great thing.
- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable Build a Short Dragon (16 Foot 3-Board Outrigger Sailing Canoe)View Instructable »
Thanks, glad you liked it.
- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable MORE NOMAD FURNITURE: a Folding DeskView Instructable »
Thanks. Good luck with your project!
- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable Hold Down Long Round Things with this Quickie Bench Loop-and-V ViceView Instructable »
Hi -- No, I have heard nothing more about that. I think he builds some of these project boats and leaves them in the place where he built and used them (probably giving them away). He seems to be focusing these days on his life in San Francisco area, doing various "landscaping ecology" type of projects. I am not aware of him recently doing the same kinds of boating projects and adventures as he used to, though I believe he is still sailing his outrigger canoe made from a Tornado hull, and perhaps he and his friends still enjoy the "free trimaran" he got and fixed up. We in the outrigger community certainly do miss Tim's "leading bleeding edge" adventures.
- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable Hold Down Long Round Things with this Quickie Bench Loop-and-V ViceView Instructable »
Glad you can use it!
- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable Designing and building a light, car-top-able outrigger sailing canoe [March 2016 update]View Instructable »
The Watertribe organization (www.watertribe.org, also they have an old .com site) used to sell them; they were designed by Steve Isaacs collaborating with the company Jack's Plastic Welding (experienced in whitewater rafts). I do not think they are sold any more. Too bad! These are superb inflatables for an outrigger canoe and have been used successfully by a few boats during the demanding Everglades Challenge event.
- Wade Tarzia commented on Wade Tarzia's instructable Build a Short Dragon (16 foot 3-Board Outrigger Sailing Canoe)View Instructable »
Thanks for the support. I hope to add to the "light outrigger" page soon; classes are done, I have summer off, and can accelerate that project a bit. By all means, build a boat! There are so many great designs out there now. The company Chesapeake Light Craft sells many pre-cut kits for kayaks, row boats, small sailboats, and an outrigger canoe..... And you can always try your own design (though do not do it the way I did it -- read some books first :-) --Wade
Glad you liked it! I wish I had more energy to continue writing these things -- they were a lot of fun. But participating in raising my adopted grandson has used up most of it, these days! Carry on....