Go talk to Mac. I doubt that he would have any problem with a visit. As you know from already being in woodworking, making a living with wood can be hard. Building boats won't make the task easier. It is possible, but hard. Take a look through the archives, we have some lively discussions about this in the past.

: i live in sarasota fl., and i want to start building kayaks. i read nicks
: book and got inspired (thanks nick)! any advice would be greatly
: appreciated. i know mac mccarthy lives in sarasota, but i haven't worked
: up the courage to go and bother him yet. i am a professional woodworker,
: but you can only build so many cabinets and install so much
: baseboard/crown moulding.