Get that boat in the water!! Take her (the boat and daughter) to the pool and work with her in the water. Practice having fun learning how to paddle and tip the thing over. Then she will be ready for spring kayaking!

Foster

: It took me well over a year of looking at kayak kit companies and personal
: building sites - many of your blogs, sites, photo galleries - before I
: decided that maybe I could do this. Then around Christmas of last year, I
: announced to my extended family that I was going to build a kayak. It took
: a couple of months, but the laughter finally stopped. You see, I'm your
: classic computer guy - I literally have to think out, "righty-tighty,
: lefty-loosey".

: BUT- in January of this year, I started a Tom Yost Sea Flea kayak for my
: daughter. I took everything one step at a time. Every task took me way
: longer than you could possibly imagine. Summer got away from me, lots of
: life got in the way. But, I can finally say that I'm finished with the
: build for my daughter's kayak: http://tinyurl.com/PaigePinkSeaFlea

: We'll spend the colder months with my wife's fancy scrapbook cutter machine
: cutting out vinyl for decorations. (I told my daughter to limit it to 5 or
: 6 - she made a list of over 40 things she wants to cut out & glue onto
: the kayak.)

: Anyway, here are some pictures of us weighing it and her in it (pre-deck
: rigging): http://tinyurl.com/PaigeKayakWeighing

: And now, the Grammy-style thank yous...

: I want to thank Tom first and foremost. It's his design and his site's
: instructions that I followed along the way. Additionally, thanks to the
: Nick for hosting this site and especially all of you for your
: participation on it. I've asked a few questions this past year and I check
: this site about daily.

: It's been fun. And yes- I already have the frames cutout for a Sea Tour 17R
: for me.

: -Doug