Why build a boat?

The question everyone asks is why build a boat?

Because you can get exactly what you want along with the satisfaction of building it yourself.

This is my second boat; the first was a Phantom 16 designed by Jacques Mertens from http://boatplans-online.com/. The build is described at http://dskogman.tripod.com. The picture shows two of my sons fishing in Christmas Bay near San Luis Pass, Texas.

This time I am trying a blog to document the build. I also decided to design my own boat just to see if could.