"Scott Chaffin" wrote
I would suggest buying a boat if finances are involved.

That's a good way to make friends on rec.boats.building
Did you catch the word "building"? :-)

For Jim: ask the question on our message board, there are number of GV15
builders the
http://www.bateau2.com/index.php
One of our GV15 builders has a complete web site with picture sbut the link
doens't work right now, he is moving the site.

My opinion: it is possible to build her as first boat but you will save a
lot of labor and $ by building a small canoe first. See our free canoe
plans at the same web site.

--
Jacques
http://www.bateau.com