> I spent part of yesterday helping a friend do some stitching on his
> Seascape and it was a good educational experience for me. I have this Coho
> kit in my unheated garage and it is still to cold out (here in Central NY)
> to do any epoxy work. I would like to do some productive things now, if
> possible.

> A) is there any reason not to start drilling my stitching holes even
> though I have not yet glued the panels to length?

> B) Yesterday I saw the value of using a plane. On the inside edge of those
> curved panels a 7" long plane may not work well. Any suggestions on a
> size/model plane for this job? I probably will have little use for it
> after the boat is done (except for the next boat), so an expensive tool
> would be a waste I think.

> C) are there any other little things I can do now, before it is warm
> enough to start with any epoxy steps?

> D) any other stray hints or suggestions?

> Thanks to all who post on this board. I think I have learned a lot already
> just from reading stuff here.

I started building my Coho in my unheated garage in Minnesota last November and am almost done. I built an 18' long workbench to build the boat on. 48" above the workbench I made an insulated "top" with 4 heat lamps underneath. I would work on the boat, epoxy some seams, saturate, etc. then screw on rigid pink foam insualtion between the workbench and the "top". Even with below zero temps outside, my boat stayed between 60-70 degrees. System 3 epoxy with normal hardener would normally cure overnight.