: Last year at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival the was a 17' Micmac
: canoe done entirely with short lengths of wood connected with finger
: joints. Don't remember who the builder was. The look to the boat was very
: different. I never did decide if I liked it or not and I studied this boat
: for a long time. I think the finger joints work best with connections of
: long strips. Curious to see boats done in this fashion in the future. Go
: Power Tools!!!

I'm not sure that I would like a random assortment of finger jointed wood. Probably with enough artistic talent the finger joints could be integrated into a pattern and really be fantastic. I'm going to be a little more conservative with my first kayak though. I'm just playing around with some wood, and getting some ideas while I am waiting on my plans. I'll probably use the finger joints, but will try to match wood color and grain and try to make invisible joints this time.

John