: Thanks, everyone, for the encouragement to invest in Nick's book.
: Chattanooga is a whitewater town (no, the Tennessee River no
: longer has any rapids anywhere near being near to anyplace near
: to Chattanooga but when Atlanta hosted the summer Olympics the
: whitewater events were held about 45 minutes east of town) so I
: doubt anyone would consider a book on strip built sea kayaks a
: "good use of funds" for a "cash-strapped library
: system" (don't get me started...). But I will check and if
: they don't have it I will see what I can pick one up for
: (although, given all the tools my wife has bought for me on this
: project I was probably technically over-budget before I bought
: the first fastener).

: Someone once said that a boat is a hole in the water that you throw
: money into. I didn't think that was the case with kayaks but I
: am beginning to think it might be.

: Brian

The money issue is more so for the first boat, after that you've already got the tools and lots of the wood too.

Amazon has Nick's book too.

Bill H.