Building a boat is not really rocket science. Building a boat with the avaliable splinters, compounded by the issue that we can no longer keep wooden boats in the water in the area, and if so the costs for anything especially a small hull is not in the cards with me, I built these hulls to reside on boat trailers and require little to no maintainance outside of a little bit of paint. When I want to go out on the boat, I back up to the hitch, hookup, and find a boat ramp and go. When I return, I come home, hose down with a little bit lf water, find my chamois, wipe down and put it up until the next time.
I store the boat under an open canopy with sides on it with a dirt floor, maintaining just the right amount of dampness, but a nice air flow that is favorable and friendly to a real wood boat. The Vikings did not have any problems such as I do when wanting to keep this boat seaworthy without having the boat own me and create stress on my free time. Oh I almost forgot Mamma is funny about a seaworthy boat more than I am, and she also wants a clean and cute boat from her point of view. I seem to be doiing something right. If I don't suggest to her to go boating almost every week one or two days, she nags me until I take her on the water. 8)
She like evening cruises too, and it has better be right and ready, or at least to the best of my knowledge too.