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I just finished painting my first Skin-on-frame boat. I used the FreeB-12 plans, as I wanted to have the larger coaming. 3-coats of Rustoleum professional on the bottom. Two on the top. I put Coast Guard stripes on the front in honor of my grandfather, Lt. Commander John S. MacCormack who served in the USCG in the '40s and '50s. When he retired, he built ship models and took a position as curator of models at the North Carolina Maritime Museum. The Museum has a boat shop, and a small modelers shop named after my grandfather. I named the boat "Damfino" after a boat of the same name in a Buster Keaton film. I'm hoping this boat fares better ? Thanks Jeff for the great design. I learned a lot and will put a post add a post on my experience on the other thread. I plan on building another SOF boat this fall so that I can go out on the lake with my wife. John Price Cary, NC

Thanks Jeff! I made a little launch video that I shared with friends. My wife also took it out, and loves it! (I built this one for her, so mission accomplished) I realized while paddling that it pulls a little to the left. I have some ideas on how I can correct this on my next one, but suspect I'll have to live with it on this one. Of course, whenever we build something new, we have all sorts of things we learned along the way. For me, this usually because I wasn't paying attention to the details while reading and watching the videos. I made some notes in the margins of Jeff's book for my next build, and will post some additional comments here for anyone who might be interested.