Re: Intro

["Robert Harper" <rharper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome to the club! Remember not to be scared to ask questions. We are  
all here to help and watch your progress. It will be fun to check your  
blog for updates. May you and your's have a very good new year and merry  
hollidays.

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:45:22 -0700, Zoltan Csoka <csokafamily@xxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Dear SwiftSolo Members,
>
> Please let me introduce myself, I am sailing on the Earth under the name
> Zoltan Csoka. My nationality is Hungarian, but I live in Switzerland. I
> have already entered my 3rd decade, but I have been sailing only for 4
> years. I own a HobieCat 17 and have not considered ever sitting into a
> monohull (it seemed to me being a devolution) until I found the 24.5-er.
> I felt in love with this cutie and I cannot wait putting it under sail
> (I am a speed freak). Unfortunately I have to wait pretty long, since my
> work and family takes some time away from SwissySwifty. I am still in
> the preparation phase, I am just oredering the parts now and
> unfortunately to get some cedar in Europe is not a piece of cake. But
> thanks to Greg, I have no barrier anymore! I have already created a blog
> to document the building process, http://swissyswifty.livesaildie.com/ ,
> but do not expect anything in the near future to be seen there (you
> know, getting the strips takes time). Regarding the boat building
> experiences, I have none, apart from the paperboats folded when I was 5.
> Wood working experience I have some, I have already built some book
> shelfs, lamps, etc. To talk about the composite materials as well, I
> have never seen carbon fiber or kevlar and to tell you the truth, I find
> that part the most scary one! Bubbles, wrinkles, too quickly drying
> epoxy, brush hair in the finish, etc are returning in my nightmares even
> without experiencing any of them:-) You can expect me asking some
> questions in the next 1 year and I appreciate your help in advance,
>
> Wind in your sails:-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Zoltan



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