So, Why Do This?

Late last summer, I began to wonder if John (my husband) and I could build a nutshell pram. We have never built anything before. We have done home improvement projects from wallpapering, painting, remodeling a kitchen and sanding floors, but we never really built anything.

I bought the soft cover book by Maynard Bray and looked it over. It looked more complicated than I had expected. No Simplicity pattern there to pin on and cut out and put the thing together. I still wanted to do it, however. John looked at it and brought out all the "can't" items for me to consider. I should say that he has built several board sided skiffs over his lifetime including one for our older son.

Then, over the Thanksgiving Holiday, my brother came over and looked at the book. I said, "Do you think we could make that nutshell pram?" His answer was, "Probably not."

Then shortly after Christmas, John asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I told him I wanted the plans for the Nutshell Pram. We were off. There was never any discussion about whether we would build the rowing model or the sailing model. We have two grand daughters and they must learn to sail. Never mind that we already have a sailing dinghy.

So here we are.