Ricardo! Thanks for getting back to me.

: Najad is one of Björn Thomassons designs www.thomassondesign.com
: Björn is a very skilled kayakdesigner and a very skilled paddler too.

I visited the site, impressive...given the language barrier... I was able to make out some of those designs in the headers of the page...sleek.

: These two kayaks was built by two of the members in the studycircle, I was
: the so called teacher, master or mentor.

Do you make your fellows call you "sensei"?
You should be proud that you were able to lead the group through the processes involved, with such excellent results!

They all did their best and a
: large bit more and the circle ended up with 7 strippers and 1 S´n´G. Mint
: pieces!

Yeah, I'll say those boats are "mint". Bodacioius...Awesome... Totally Sweet...Fly....

: Najad is a long sleek kayak 5.80 x 0.55 meters

So that translates to about fifteen to seventeen feet?

. This two weights in at about
: 23-25 kilos.

And a kilo is about what now?...$500-$1000US?

: Yes, that was one source of inspiration, like one construction from Australia
: (just now I forgot his name, sorry, I´ll find it later) that was
: floormounted.
: Not me, Bert did this job! The other Najad-builder was Bertil.

He should be very pleased! Was it his first boat? Tell him the folks on the KBBB are sqawking about the excellent finish!

: The pedals are reused from the cockpit-cutout.

I was wondering about a use for that stuff! After I cut out the cockpit of my own project, I was left with this round cambered piece, and really no idea how to make more use of it...you know, trying to respect the tree and all...now I have a use in mind....maybe for the next boat(s)....Maybe Mike Allen and I can share our scrap collection.

Thanks for the response Richard! Hey, how's that art display going for you? I hope you end up with your "smiling face, on the cover of the Rolling Stone"...or Sweden's equivalent.

Bill