Hi M-boaters, I am rebuilding the port interior of my M-23 and found I need to steam and bend ash strips that I had milled. So I saw a course in traditional boat building at the NC Maritime museum this summer and signed up. The course was last weekend and we did not steam wood. However, we _did_ build a 14' traditional rack of eye skiff (no, I had no idea what this meant, it means by eye (no plans)) out of yellow pine planks, SS screws and 3M 5200. We got to use the boat house (larger than most barns) on the water front in Beaufort NC which was loaded with power tools of all sorts. I love history, I love boats, I love woodworking so this was a blast! All I can say is that if you have a chance to do this or the other boat building courses there (I signed up for contemporary boat building before leaving) I can highly recommend them based on this course. Back to rebuilding my M-23! Cheers Robbin