The Mallard is one, the Sea Flea was built in
Farmersville but Jason moved to San Antonio. So the
"fleet" in DFW is one boat.

As far as costs go, I figure I have about $200 total
in the Mallard. That includes the oars, the sails,and
the anchor which I bought rather than made. I also am
using the yard from a sunfish as the mast, I bought
that used for $30. The rest was the various supplies
you need. Wood, of course, fasteners like screws and
nails, glue (I used titebond II and PL Premium
Construction adhesive) paint, caulk. Then there is
the running rigging, line, blocks, cleats and other
little things that boats have, like oar locks. None of
which are all that expensive but they add up.

I hope you and your friend get one built in time for
the next challenge in late April at Grapevine Lake.

John

--- toastyspiff@... wrote:
>
> My friend and I are planning on building two
> PDRacers here in the near
> future, the first sometime immediately after easter
> weekend, the
> second in late may when I come back home from school
> in arlington, and
> in time for either the (tenative) May 29th (JFK
> Birthday), June 14th
> (flag day) or 21st (summer solstice) regattas.
>
> Sounds like there's one boat currently in the DFW
> area, the Mad
> Mallard, or is there two? We live in N. Plano so
> Lake Lewisville
> would likely be our "home lake", with Lake Ray
> Hubbard being a close
> second.
>
> On an unrelated subject, does anyone have some rough
> cost estimates on
> what it cost them to build & waterproof (housepaint)
> their hull? I'm
> guessing roughly $70 including incidentals. Rudder,
> dagger board &
> Rigging designs vary greatly, so it's hard to figure
> out an average
> for that.
>
>
>
>

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