I just thought you could use some encouragement. Having seen this boat first hand, I can honestly tell you, it's gorgeous. What else is left to do? Or better yet, what else has to get done before you can take it out? It's summer time now. Let's paddle. Just load 'em up and head North for the weekend. This is an open invite, just let me know.

Although this one is taking you longer than you had expected, it's defineately gonna be one-of-a-kind. And that's what it's all about. Enjoy the process, because if you're not, you need to build a model or another paddle or ???. My Cirrus is suffering from lack of attention, but I'm not too bummed about it, because I've got at least ten other projects that I bounce between. The Cirrus will get done, just as your double will, and when it does, I'll start another. Hopefully you will too. See you soon.
Smf

: I should put progress in quotes because it is pretty slow going. I'm
: beginning to doubt if I will have the project wrapped up this summer.
: Anyway, this is a tandem kayak design that I'm building as a double paddle
: canoe. This is a built-in handle that I've been working on. I laminated
: the underside of the handle below deck to about 1" thickness. In this
: picture, I'm joining the miters of the trim with carpenter's glue. I found
: (on the front handle) that epoxy will give me dark glue lines when it is
: used this way. I will take the plastic away tomorrow and glue it down with
: dookie schmutz.

: Chip
: www.ChipSandresky.com