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Mate I have built seven wooden boats in my 65 years and it's always sad to let one go. The last one I built was nearly the end of me, a 6.5 metre powercat designed by Tasmanian Murray Isles. I never got back my investment in any of them, despite great worksmanship and timber features not found on the fibreglass popouts. I have kept only one, a sea kayak that my son used in his Gold Duke of Edinbourgh trip.
You know the old saying: The best two days in your boating life are the day you buy (or complete) your boat, and the day you sell it.
In my case I found out late in life that I much preferred the building and craftmanship over the actual use of the boat. And I am reminded of another old boatbuilders saying; the best boatbuilding tool is a good chair - so you can sit and look at it and work out how to solve a problem in the build.
I have a bookcase full of boatbuilding books and I try to avoid looking at it these days, but I can't let them go.
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