> I've posted a few more progress photos for the Wee Lassie II. I have a
> couple in the 'fairing' section that show the strips that were giving me
> grief. The pictures show a dramatic difference between sanded and scraped
> strips. The cabinet sraper was the only tool that worked for smoothing the
> flat grained strips, but it had the added benefit of really bringing out
> the character of the wood. In this picture, I did a test wet down with
> mineral spirits. I think it kind of looks like Cherry.

> Ross

Ross you build complete beautiful kayaks, canoes or rack systems in the time it takes a normal person to put down only one strip!! I'm with Dean - you put us all to shame!

-mick