: I suggest you download the drawing of the Georgian Bay from the
: Laughing Loon website
: (http://www.laughingloon.com/images/georgian.bay.images/gb.study.jpg),
: import it into some graphics software (Photoshop or even
: PowerPoint will work) and draw in some designs to get an idea of
: how they will look. If you aren't comfortable in drawing on the
: computer, you can print it out and sketch designs by hand.
: Certainly look through some of the designs that have been use on
: Kayaks to get an idea of what you might like. There are plenty
: of pictures of boats on this site
: (http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/album/gallery_handmade_wooden_boats)
: as well as most of the other builder/designer sites that will
: give you some ideas.

: As for the 80%/20% ratio, that seems pretty good for giving you
: plenty of options. You will probably want to sort through the
: strips to put similar colors together since there can be a lot
: of variation within one wood species.

: Dwight

: Dwight

Really, red cedar can have a huge range of colors.

I'd also recommend what Dwight said about designing the layout of the deck. You most certainly don't want to build and tear apart the deck if you don't like it.

Bill H..