Merry Christmas everyone,

I wanted to share this with the KBBB. This is my Nephew getting his surprise Christmas Sea Bee. The smile says it all. The story is a good one so if ya'll don't mind I will tell it.
His name is Greg and there have been some tough times in the past. Greg is putting himself through Engineering school with the Army. When he found out I like to build canoe and kayaks he would not let up on me, asking questions and sending me email all the time. He has been restoring a wood boat, some kind of a skiff or something. He really wanted to buy a wood kayak but he has little cash. I offered him a SOF cheap from my stash of kayaks, but the Wife had a different idea. She wanted Greg to have a wood kayak because they (in her opinion) look better. Well just about a week before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to build a strip kayak for Greg, only thing is she wanted to surprise him Christmas with it. OMG I had to get busy building. finished it just in time to get 5 coats of varnish on before the big day.

Well when we showed up with the Sea Bee on the car he was blown completely away. He started in on how he wanted to pay us and all that. This is what we told Greg. What we wanted from him is to continue to study very hard and keep making good grades. Then serve your time in the Army with honer and keep working hard at what you do. When life rewards your efforts then find someone that does not expect it and pay this forward.

Thanks go out to Tom Yost (Sea Bee designer) and all the builders who participate here for showing me how to "pay it forward" with your contributions and giving spirit.
Merry Christmas to all my friends.

Clayton Plunkett