I feel like a proud father! I received this email along with the attached photos today. Love seeing kids getting involved in boating, especially boat building, at an early age.

Jeff , This summer at the Eli Whitney Museum we built 10 – !2′ kayaks, with kids 12 to 14 years old, based on your Free B 12 design. I supplied kits comprised of 1/2″ MDO frames, keels marked for frame location, stringers,combing parts, sinew and skin. Frame assembly and skinning took five days. Applying finish, combing, seats, paddles, etc, took another four and a half days, leaving a half day to play. The boats,as you can see from the photos sat nicely on the water, tracked well and were handy enough for kids to negotiate the creek behind my shop. I have gotten lots of great feedback about how much the kids are enjoying showing off and using their boats. We have been building boats here for about 12 years and these boats seem to be getting much more use than any design previously built. I believe there is an inverse relationship between how much a boat weighs and how much it gets used. Parents were so taken with the boat we are offering an adult class this winter. we will be build a 14′ 6” boat similar to your Free B 14. I would like to thank your book and videos which made this project possible. Your generous sharing of your Free B designs and reasonable prices on materials are greatly appreciated at a non-profit such as ours. I look forward to doing business with you again. Happy paddling

Mike Dunn

The photos are what made it for me. So I have included all that Mike Sent.
I am still grinning!!