With the academy awards fast approaching it’s time for our own awards where participants compete for the coveted Guillemot Awards (known in the industry as a Guillie). I have compiled a list of the categories and my nominees. Add your own categories or nominees.

The winners names will not be kept secret by the accounting firm of Ernst and Young until Oscar night and if your acceptance post runs long (or gets off topic) the band will start playing and you will be escorted off the BBS by a lovely model.

******Award Categories*******

Must Get paid by the post or Where do they get the time award - Lee, Hank, Rehd, Shawn, Paul

Competing with the x-rated sites with sexy pictures of kayaks award – Ross Leidy, Joe Geenley

Madelyn Albright Ambassador / Conflict Mediator award – Nick Schade

Where the deer and the antelope play /Land Locked Lake Paddler award – Shawn Baker, Wes Boyd, Brian Cunningham

Fodor’s Travel Guide and kayak trip reporters award – Woody, Shawn Baker, Mike Hanks

People Magazine Hollywood Jet setting couple of the year – Tammy and Mike Hanks, Tim and Louise in Los Angeles

Most Fanatical Practitioner or stapleless building - Spidey

Lifetime Achievement Award – For taking controversial positions, picking fights, and never, never, never ever giving in –George Roberts (I still hope some day to have some one take him up on his side by side crash test into a rock challenge)

Wise Ass Jokes from the Canadians (and proud of it) – Ian Johnson

Favorite Topic / Post - Vote for one

Dancing Cheek to Cheek - how I made my custom seat

Handling Plutonium vs 2 part paints…you decide

101 ways to align your forms

1001 ways to cut strips

The atkinson diet – How to make your hatches/fittings flush

That hollow feeling – Hollow paddle shafts and how I made 39 Greenland paddles with wood scrounged from (fill in the blank)

Smooth as a baby’s behind – scraping, sanding and finishing

Classified ads: SWM looking for LTR with a kayak: Can you recommend which kit to build

Hello my name is XXXX I am an addict and I can’t stop building these boats

Have Fun - Jack