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Costa Rica has two coast lines and good weather all year round. It also has a new freeway that should make travel between the capital and the west coast at Caldera a much quicker journey
Would someone suggest the steps necessary to establish an OK Fleet here.
Also if an experienced builder is available we have free accomodation in Atenas which 18 km west of San Jose
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Firstly you will need to buy a few secondhand boats form overseas and establish a fleet. Secondhand masts and sails would be pretty easy to come by especially if they were alloy masts. I'm pretty sure there would be enough people who has old alloy rigs sitting redundant in their garages. Once you have a few boats up and sailing you may generate enough interest from people who want new boats. Cheapest option would be to build plyood hulls locally. If funding isn't too much of any issue then import Ice Breakers form NZ.
Then you need to establish an Association and become affiliated with OKDIA.
Lastly you could host a World championship and have People from all over the world come and enjoy sailing in Costa Rica.
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Mr. Wood
Thanks for your reply.
Probably the best option is to build some plywood boats here and start
Plans and rigging? Is there a one stop shop?
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Hi Philip
It'd be great to see some OKs in Costa Rica!
There are some rigging guides etc on the UK website at http://www.okdinghy.co.uk/index2.html
Cheers
Nick
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Hi Philip
The British Association Secretary Andy Turner can provide copies of the revised English dual dimensioned version of Knud Olsen's original wooden plans.
A couple of years ago I prepared a cleaned-up digitised version of these from original prints (1960 something). If you don't want actual printed copies from Andy, he could provide you with hi-res .pdf electronic files, from which you could print yourself locally at a plotting/printing bureau (or friendly architect's/engineer's/designer's studio - which has a wide format plan printer). These are around A0 size, or longer sheets.
He also has a building frame stored away, originally used by an OK boatbuilder here in the UK.
You will need to work with the diagrams on the new measurement forms too. The old plans do not have all necessary Class measurements on them. Also the old plans show the original scantling and ply details. There have been many acceptable variations since then, using modern adhesive technology, which may be easier and more efficient to use.
You would be advised to have a good look, if you can, at what other builders have done successfully, before deciding on the methods you use.
Regards
Peter
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Phillip,
Have you made anymore progress in your quest to build or establish a local OK fleet. We are doing the same in the States where we had almost 700 boaats 30 years ago. We have a small group scattered around North America restoring old boats and building new boats. If we can be of any assistance let me know
Brad Johanson
USOKDinghyAssociation@gmail.com
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