Thanks for the comments guys. Brian, my old mentor George had a hick kind of twang accent, including calling a notch a “Natch”. Jack, I have done a lot of different types of artwork over the years starting at a young age drawing, painting sculpture logo design and most recently wood carving. Paul, yes we do have a lot in common, you have built quite a lot more boats than I, but I have built 7 small craft including 2 canoes, but the most we think the same way is using push Stix, I use the same technique with a finger over the fence and only trust my shoe style that my son made me some 20 years ago. As far as boats go, my first attempt was a broken dorey that I cut the front 8’ off with a chainsaw then put a transome on that and rowed into history as the locals laughed their asses of, that was when I was 11.

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!