: If that's the case, then I'm not addicted. I've taken a 1.5 year break in
: between my boatbuilding projects. Now if we're talking about online
: discussion about kayak building, I'm as compulsive-addicted as they come.
: Or online discussion about paddling. Or paddling wooden boats...

: Summer 2001 Score:

• Days Building boats: 0
  :
• Days Paddling boats: 29
  :
• Days Repairing boats: 2

: Shawn

: I have come to hate remodeling projects. After building a couple of boats, my
: wife thinks I can build anything! I try to line up all of my remodeling
: and "honey-do" projects and pound them out in rapid succession,
: then forget all about them for a year. Then, I build a boat, and do
: nothing else. Then, I start paddling, and do nothing else. It works for
: me!

: Now there are 3 distinct kayak designs that I want to be paddling right now,
: aside from the one I'm trying to restart:

• Squeedunk Cormorant
  : (the one I'm trying to get going again--wife's/play boat)
  :
• Outer Island or Night Heron
  :
• Something along the lines of the NDK Romany Explorer
  :
• Something like Al Gunther's 30-day boat or a Redfish King

  : So many boats, so little time! Now the paddling addiction sucks!!

  : Shawn

  Hi Shawn,

  I got to paddle Nick's Night Heron at the Beach thing in June. I haven't been in an Outer Island but for a tall large footed person it was pretty slick considering only 20 inch or so beam, lot's of foot room it seemed. If you build the Cormorant now you'll be ready when the King plans are out though, won't you. Hmmmm, might have to build, well...

  Jim