Nice job Pete! I like the bright contrast between the pine and cedar.

> I recently finished my first boat, a guillemot coastal, and I want to
> thank everybody for the wealth of information that I've gotten from this
> BBS over the past year.

> Without the seat and deck fittings the boat weighs 38lbs. The wood is
> western red cedar and white pine, and I figure it took me about 300 hours
> to build (I'm slow).

> The boat performs better than I could have hoped. It tracks perfectly and
> has good stablility. The plans were superb, and now with Nick's book
> available they're even better.

> I did not use cove and bead construction. Each strip is hand planed and
> individually fit to the adjacent strips ( a lot of work, next time I'll
> use cove and bead).

> The hatches are flush mounted, and held in place from inside. I'll try to
> post some pictures of how I did this since there has been quite a bit of
> discussion on the topic.

> I hope that the pictures inspire some first time builders. I know other
> people's pictures inspired me.

> Now I need to clean up my honey-do list so I can start my next one!