Wow, great responses...great pix on the web.

Sounds to me that I'll be drawing my own forms (as I expect that my Math degree covers the recommended 'High School Geom.' prereq). I'm also gonna look into some used power tools. Seems silly to pay $100's of dollars for someone else to make the strips when I could buy the tools, do it myself and have tools around for next time at little more then the cost of the pre-cut strips.

Oh, I did verify that I could get the boat outta the basement...walk-out door is on the short wall. (my dad's friend build a plane in his basement and had to blow out the wall to get it out....he now has sliding glass doors :)

One thing that caught me by surprize was the amount of time to complete...sounds like this is gonna take me 'til NEXT season (glad I have another boat)

More Questions (Im sure they'll keep coming):

- Are there big advantages to building a plywood strongback over a simple 2X4? - Is it OK to leave the project for lenghts of time...are there good or bad times to stop?