: As a 70 plus Great Grandfather I need a new project and I thought that a 17
: may be the thing for me to use in the Pumicestone Passage for a bit of
: fishing and exercise.

: I will check out the local hardward shop to see what they have in the way of
: pine and plywood.

I think you'll find it goes together pretty easy, nothing too tough about it. The two most time consuming parts for me were measuring/cutting out the sections and sewing the nylon skin. Both those operations took the better part of a day. Otherwise it was just an hour or two here and there fitting/fastening/gluing. I started work the first weekend in October and paddled it the last weekend in October and I certainly didn't feel like I was rushing it.

Good luck and have fun!

Alan