The 400 plus pound box of wood arrived in November 2021 just in time for a long-term Covid project. My wife had just had rotator cuff surgery and our outdoor adventures were cut short, so she knew I needed a project. I had built five pygmy kayaks before but never a sailboat. From bending wood to melting lead at 600° and rigging sails to taking a sailing class at Port Townsend, this was ALL new. We gathered some neighbors to turn the boat upside down so I could finish the bottom. And then had another party when we turned the boat back over and put it on it’s trailer for the first time. 2023 saw Little Bean launched on several lakes and 2024, she finally made it into salt water around Lopez Island and Olympia to Port Townsend for the Salish 100.
