Howdy

Hi there.

I may be biting off more than I can chew, but here goes.

Last week I bought a Waters Dancing Solace 16XL kit.  I hope to get started on the build some time in November and be done hopefully by the middle of January.  It's going to take a whole buncha day since I actually have a job.

I picked the WD kit because it's Canadian and, at least until last Friday, they had a sale on their kits that would have made it about 25% cheaper than buying something similar from Pygmy, before adding on local shipping and the hardware WD supplies that neither Pygmy nor CLC do - bulkheads, hatches with associated hardware, and deck hardware, plus WD's specific shtick of supplying graphite powder to mix with epoxy to seriously improve the wearability of the hull.  I also liked the ability to get the boat with an enlarged cockpit.

I decided to try my hand at a blog because I found it frustrating that there was so little information online, other than what the kit manufacturers themselves prepare, of what it's actually like to build one of these.  Doesn't matter what kit manufacturer you look at - Pygmy, CLC, or Waters Dancing - they all say their boats can be built by anyone regardless of their level of woodworking and boatbuilding experience, and since I have none that's good enough to brag about, I think they mean ME.

Here's what I hope to wind up with at the end:

   

WE'LL JUST SEE ABOUT THAT.

Look back in about 6 weeks.  I really want to get started.

If your surfing brings you to this blog and there's something you want to know as I go along, let me know.