: Exactly!

: As for coating the whole frame, I have the tools to just set up a spray gun
: and spray the whole frame in just a few minutes. I imagine doing these by
: brush to be a study in frustration and aggravation!

I'm just finishing one of Tom's Sea Bee's, it's built cheap with fir frames and yellow pine stringers, still can pick it up with one hand. Yes it's heavier than using cedar, but it's still really light. And this one is multi-chine.

Bill H.