Today was the big show. I was excited and anxious to get the boat ready. We rinsed the salt off and cleaned up. I trailered the boat on over to the front of Grady Market on Water Street. I picked a spot a little ways from the two other boats that were already set up. I thought a variation in boat sizes would look more interesting. I borrowed some rocks to block the trailer. Debbie had made a nice little photo album of selections of my boat construction pages. We set that up on a foot stool. I completed the setup by rigging the sails. The winds were light enough that everyone who had sails rigged theirs.

After a cappuchino and scone from Cafe Con Leche it was show time.

Pictured here are the two boats that accompanied mine on the way down. Many people stopped by and asked questions. One person even came down from BCSA to see the show.

NSA along side "Jenny Raney". I'm told a professional naval architect speced out a 24 volt trolling motor for Jenny Raney. It was built into the rudder. I'm considering mounting my trolling motor on the rudder with a line set to hoist it out of the water when not in use.

More boats.

Here was a Steve Redmond designed 16 foot sharpie.

A very nicely built Pete Culler designed Skiff for row and sail.

Apalachicola is perhaps the last of the "Old Florida" working ports. I should come here often to enjoy the charm while I still can.

Here is a snotter for a sprit. Sprit rigs were well represented at this show.

A nicely done cleat.

These belaying pins were made thicker than mine. They are made of some type of hardwood.

I have in my queue to make fenders like these.

I looked at these parrels and considered using them on NSA. But how do I attach parrels to a sail that is to be laced on the mast. I think that parrels would actually be slower to rig on NSA than the lacing specified in the plans.

One interesting thing though, is the metal piece that holds the snotter. This allows the sail to easily slide over it without catching. I am definitely putting this on NSA.

I think it would look good to paint the top of the mast. It was also strongly suggested that I make the sheets and halyards larger than they are for easier handling. Also I plan to move the halyard cleats on the mast closer to the deck. This will allow the mainsail lacing to slide unimpeded.

We took turns showing the boat. I came back and was quite pleasantly surprised. I had gone to show the boat and have fun.

I really had fun showing the boat and talking to people. There was quite a turnout. Soon it was 4pm and time to put the boat up. We had tickets to the dinner. A well renowned canoe historian gave a wonderful presentation about the history of canoes.