Very nice designs. Are the paddle patterns stripped right into the boat, or is it solid cutouts or veneer? I'd like to add more graphics to my next boat, but it was a lot of work to strip the little that I did...especially with hardwood. Good work, keep plugging away and get it into the water.

: I now have glass and several coats of epoxy on the deck of my Grrrreat Auk
: Tandem. Every time I walk into the kayak building room (read that
: 'garage') I am struck by how well this is turning out. I don't know how it
: will paddle but Nick surely did design a beautiful boat. It makes me think
: that maybe all this work was worth it.

: --KT--