Marc picked up his strips today. A good 14' strongback is still available.

I told Marc I'd send him a copy of a presentation I made 8 years ago to the North Texas River Runners club on building kayaks. Thought some other builders might also like to view it so I invite you to take a look. It's a 23MB file. Most of the photos are my own, but a few picked off the internet in fair use.

http://www.outdoorplace.org/paddling/John_Caldeira_-_Kayak_Building.pdf

Also, allow me to share my website with the newer builders:
http://www.outdoorplace.org/paddling/