20 years ago, I built a boat from a Don Hill pattern. It was a fine boat. However, it was an old style wooden boat, and was fragile the way all old style wooden boats are fragile. If you want a wooden boat, look up Tracy O'Brians plans, and build from those. Different constrution, using stitch and glue style buildup, and is much more durable and much nicer.
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