So much bracing going on,  lots of work.   
Where are you going to sit?  
It's rhetorical,  I'll keep reading on, and I'm sure it will be explained in the next few.
At one time I wanted to build my own,  now I'm thinking maybe a canoe will be more my speed.  
(that's never going to happen either)

Figuring out how to do something you have never done is what makes a good challenge.