First of all, Thanks everyone for the responses. Pretty blown away here. Looking over the posts, and over my stuff, Let me write down What I have thought of, and answer's to some questions that have been written. BTW- I'm a junior, but I also need to get a Eagle scout project in sometime here, so I'm starting this one early.

1. In terms of where I will be using it, the most common area would be river or Lake. Slow rivers. I don't plan on doing any whitewater kayaking for awhile yet, and I tend to keep to rafts right now. The scenario that pops to my head is the fact that several of my friends happen to have canoes, and getting out onto several of the local rivers with them would be my first goal. I don't plan on taking photos of wildlife though

2. In terms of my Size- I'm 6'3", 152lbs, and a size 12 shoe. That's where most of my mother's worry comes in. Need to be able to find a kayak ( And I may just be reading the dimensions on sites wrong, which is why i am not sure yet), that will fit me.

3. In terms of help and tools, my father has a pretty extensive wood shop downstairs, so tools shouldn't be a problem. I expect that if I need help, my dad will help, as he has also wanted to do this. I also have two friends that are kayakers, although not builders, that have expressed interest in watching/helping.

4. Budget- I can get money, I have about 300 set away right now, and with both B-day and X-mas coming up, I'll be getting more. I tend to make about 100 a week from jobs, so money isn't too bad. around 700-maybe 800 is about my limit, unless I get help.

5. Time Frame- basically, I have to have it down by about November of next year. I'll know for sure in about 2 months, but that seems to be the date that will happen. I may have later than that, but it is possible that I may have to present as early as August.

6. Challenge wise- It doesn't nessecary have to be a woodworking challenge. Since I've never worked with fiberglass/epoxy before, that alone could be enough, even if working from a kit. I could even Tie that into my AP Chem class ( or the history of the kayaks to my AP History class), so diffuculty of the boat in terms of woodworking is not a nessicity.

In terms of what I have been thinking:
A strip boat just seems like to much of a time/money investment to be doing while also doing everything for school. I doubt, even with help, that I will have the time.
Sew and Glue is where I have been leaning. I like the boats, and have seen several that I wouldn't wait a second to build.
Fabric on Frame I need to look at more, as I don't have alot of research on this.

Size is my major problem, and the one that I am not sure about. I do think that even with the limited woodworking involved with a kit, that I would probably be better off with one, because of time. Even in a kit, I'm going to be learning alot about the fiberglass, and the epoxy, let alone the smaller amount of woodworking involved.

Thank you all that have responed, again.
Tom F.