In a message dated 10/12/04 9:47:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, stever@mail.saabnet.com writes:

Former M-15 owner John Harris is featured on the "Build a Boat" series which airs on the DIY channel.

Mm, nice of ye. Those were filmed in 2001 but languished "in the can" for three years until HGTV (owner of DIY) pieced them together. The half-hour shows were a run-up to a much more ambitious 60-minute DVD, available from Chesapeake Light Craft. I left CLC in February after ten years, hoping to do more sailing. However, the refit of my Folkboat, "Chimpanzee 2," has been delayed by a string of post-CLC freelance yacht design projects. A few hours ago I launched a prototype 15-foot launch to my design, driven by a 9 horsepower electric outboard. I built it in a great hurry....in my living room! (You have to see the pictures to believe it.) The deadline for that project is what robbed me of participation in the HessFest! That and not enough wind to slog down there in the nearly-engineless Folkboat. Still lurking, John C. Harris