: Linda is turning 50 this weekend and wanted a really nice birthday
: gift...so I bought her a Solace 16EX kit. I have a fairly quiet
: August coming up so I figured that I'd get back to building and
: try something I have lusted after for some time. No really, the
: gift IS for Linda...it's just really convenient that I happen to
: have yearned to paddle one of these Waters Dancing designs. That
: said, I will be using only 4-oz glass on the outside and tapes
: on the inside with no major fillets anywhere except the extreme
: ends. I will be adding brass stem bands to avoid the inevitable
: wear-and-tear on the keel. I am going to try to get this build
: done by September 03...that gives me one month, assuming Donnie
: provides me with the kit on August 03. I won't be able to work
: on the kayak during the weekends since I spend my time with
: Linda then so my weekday mornings are going to be busy. I have
: to wonder how Linda will reciprocate: I am turning 50 this
: October...a new paddle perhaps? Hmmmm!

: Robert N Pruden

Good form to build new kayak for girlfriend's birthday. Bad form to put her age on the bulletin board.

Charles Robinson