Thanks everyone for the welcome and advice. I'm sure that I'll be posting more than a few questions in the coming months.

Mick - thanks for the sawhorse plans. I have a pair that are pretty similar size wise to the ones you posted, although they don't fold or have outlets and casters. (something I will seriously consider when building them.) They are worksite strong and have been used daily for the past year or so. Those are some nice horse you have. My horses are 48" wide and I was thinking something around 24-30" wide. Give me a little more floor space. I won't be building them for at least a couple of weeks as I still have some window/door trim to mill and finish before I can get working on the cedar shingle siding. I also plan to use exclusively for boat building so I'm trying to figure out an optimal design, although I think it will be a moving target until I've built on them and see what I like and can improve upon.

I've been to your site more than a few times and have read a lot of the trip reports. I especially like the one on Sandy Island as it is at the northern tip of Denman. Lots of great paddling around this area! My computer's wallpaper is from your site. Do you know if there is going to be a paddlefest in Ladysmith next spring? I'm hoping to get down to that if it's on again next year.

John