Brian,

I think Nick sells the book on this site ( http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/catalog/boat_building_books ).
CLCboats.com has it (http://www.clcboats.com/shop/products/boat-building-books-kayaking-dvds/boat-building-books-sea-kayaking-books/strip-built-sea-kayak-nick-schade.html , and I have seen it on Amazon.
The title is "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak" and it is $19.95 and well worth it. And I don't get a dime out of this plug. But it was well worth buying both his books.

Marc

Marc
: I considered the Nick Schade design (I think that is the one, the
: braces look sort of like the snowplow blades that throw the snow
: off to both side and they run on a track attached to the keel)
: but since I don't have the book and haven't been able to find it
: online I decided to start over from scratch. Do you know if the
: design is available online? I doubt the Chattanooga library has
: anything on building sea kayaks.

: You used a SS rod and button head fasteners, do you mean like
: snaps? I like the rod idea and with some kind of screw lock that
: would minimize the bulk in the bulkhead (sorry, couldn't resist
: the pun) on my design. I could use that for the adjustment (save
: trying to get through number 2 and not hit the skin) and then
: mount the braces on some kind of slide...where's my design
: paper...

: I have only used pegs once, on my brother's Arctic Tern (Pygmy, I
: think) and didn't like them. I couldn't adjust them properly,
: especially once we were afloat, and I just attributed it to
: that.

: I'll keep looking for Nick's design (or book in a local library).

: Brian