In June, 1996, I went to a Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, Connecticut with the Eastport Wooden Boat Program and saw a really cool small one person boat. I didn't think much about it at the time, sort of filed it away in the back of my mind.
In July, 2002 I went to the Wooden Boat show in Rockland, Maine. I had started thinking about this little boat but could not remember the name of it to look it up. Fortunately, the guy who built them was there. I looked over one carefully, and talked to the guy. I learned that this boat is 7 1/2 feet long and weighs about 25 lbs. This means I could put it in the back of a truck or station wagon to get out and paddle on any little lake that I felt like. I bought plans for Debbie and I to build a couple of these.
Here is my work so far
 I start cutting the 1/8" marine grade plywood to make the sides of the hull. |
 Debbie cuts bulkhead frames. |
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 What the cat did! |
 Scraps left over for use in some later project. |
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 Debbie cuts the deck pieces |
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 We got the bottoms folded up and the frames wired on. Note the cross pieces to hold the frames straight. |
 The tops are on. After minor fiddling with the wires to get things positioned just right we are ready to smear epoxy goop into the corners and edges. |