Little Gem

Really looks great and a lot of fun.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

That looks great, Do you have any pictures of the building process? Building a boat is on my top 10 projects list.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

how wonderful .. a father/ son project to build and then to enjoy.
It looks wonderful. Many, many happy hours in this boat, I’m sure!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Beautiful little boat!

As a very young kid, I helped my uncle build an 18’ sailboat. I was too young to do much but put screws in the holes for him to come back and finish driving them. (This was back in the sixties…no such thing as power drivers.) Some of my fondest childhood memories are of helping him and of llearning to sail in that boat when we were finished.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

My dad and brother build boats. I’ve never participated. It looks like fun. That’s a great boat!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

That looks great! I hope to build a couple kayaks in the future. The wife really enjoys kayaking. I think it would be fun to paddle around in a home built. Below is a site where I plan on purchasing plans from.

http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/DesignStyle

-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter

Space, the final frontier. I think we all have a ship to built, its part of our natural instinct and we need a good muskie/pike rod too.

I’m currently reading Wooden Boats Michael Ruhlman. It’s not a how to or anything on how to build wooden boats but is a non-fictional narrative of a couple of wooden boat builders on Martha’s Vineyard. For when you don’t want to read any more how-to’s, but still want to stay in the Woodworking genre.

What a beautiful boat! Nice clean lines and bright work.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Sweet lines; nicely done.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Thanks everyone!
@ Snowdog-I dont believe I have any helpful photos of the construction, but will contact you if I locate some.Ken Swans plans are very good if you decide to build this model, but feel free to contact me for pointers.

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

what a great looking project, and fun story to read. A good inspiration for all of us fathers and sons, and for the ladies also.

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

Beautiful boat. One of the things I’d love to do someday.

Iowa, I’ve been looking at the guillemot kayaks as well. I’d love to build the guillemot but with a more open cockpit and incorporate a hobie mirage drive as well. In fact I’d like to have all the features of the hobie adventure island if possible.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Since I don’t live on water, It would be nice to have a nice little lightweight boat to just go out and paddle around in.

My wife and I used to canoe the white waters of Missouri in some of their wild streams. A lot of fun.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Love the boat…that’s a project I’ve always wanted to do. I’ve added you as a buddy for two reasons; one, you have great work and two, I was born and raised in Oregon…we need to stick together.

Steffen.

-- Steffen