As I write this we are well into June and I'm on a combination road trip working outing. (I was gonna say a vacation.). I'm teaching a private family boat building class in Western North Carolina and then helping with the initial steps on a van build. Like many projects the first steps of a custom van build are the hardest. It's partly getting started and partly cutting holes in an expensive rig.

Once I'm back in Maine in early July. I'll get started on preparations from my classes at the WoodenBoat school in August and early September. In addition to my two usual offerings at the school, Introduction to Woodworking and Traditional Plywood Boat Construction. I'm doing a build your own Fox Class the first week of September. There are still a couple of openings in that class.

We've moved our shop and home from South Berwick Maine to Camden Maine. That was a huge project this winter. Sorting through our stuff was a big challenge with heavy lifting on many levels. I also built out a new shop. It's smaller than what I used to have but at 500 feet still plenty big enough to do everything I have in mind. Sometime in the fall I’ll wax much more poetic on all the changes as well as report a few practical details.

You might notice that all the items I typically have for sale, kits, plans, odds and ends are marked sold out. For most things this is temporary. I prefer sold out to backorder that way. I'm not feeling obligated to rush through projects. Plans should be available in July, I've got to sort out a new printer and I'm working on figuring how to get kits back into the hands of builders again. Standby, and let's keep in touch when we can.

Bill Thomas