# launched my homebuilt kayak!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launched-my-homebuilt-kayak/134063>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 27, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launched-my-homebuilt-kayak/134063 "2002-10-27T03:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launched-my-homebuilt-kayak/134063/1 "2002-10-27T03:21:16Z")

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Finally launched my kayak :D. See  
[http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~brianm/kayak/launch.html](http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~brianm/kayak/launch.html) for details. (Somewhat  
image intensive).

Click the index link to read my building journal.

Brian

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launched-my-homebuilt-kayak/134063/2 "2002-10-27T04:10:30Z")

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Looks good. You had to _register it_? I thought I saw a thread about that, but I never got around to reading it. Why would you have to register a kayak?

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launched-my-homebuilt-kayak/134063/3 "2002-10-27T14:42:19Z")

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With very few exceptions, MN requires all boats to be registered.  
Probably for the $ (including $5 for the exotic aquatic species management fund)

To be fair, canoes/kayaks are cheaper than powerboats, and some of the funds go to canoe/kayak things (Lake Superior Trail for example)

Brian

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**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launched-my-homebuilt-kayak/134063/4 "2002-10-27T19:57:40Z")

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Looks very good.  
Great job!