: I would like to see [a strip-built kayak] prior to starting construction
: myself, once my book arrives.

Looks like other posts will get you a chance to see one, but if not, just
BELIEVE ! I have still never seen a strip-built kayak other than the ones
I have built myself, and I had never built anything remotely similar before.
The books (I worked from Nick's, but also later bought Kayak Craft) really
do tell you everything you need to know, and strip-building is forgiving
(I won't tell you all the mistakes I made - even I can't see the evidence
of some of them in the finished boats :-)

Andy