The strong back is up!  It has been a battle to carve out even a little time to get this started, but I finally buckled down and did a quick trip to pick up some lumber.  I was happy and surprised to find that Lowe's had some good looking select DF in 1x4, so I sorted through those and brought home about 72ft for the frames.  That means I stand a reasonable chance of putting this strong back to its intended use, although not for the rest of this weekend or next week.  Hoping to put aside some real time in the shop to get the frames done up.  Then I need to go get some chine material, still looking around the region for a good source.

Ah, to begin.....it makes such a good..um....beginning.