In 2023, I was asked by a previous customer if I’d be interested in building a PT-11 nesting dinghy kit for him, to be available before summer 2025.  After discussions and taking the time to pre-order and read the entire build manual, we agreed to go ahead with the project during the 2024-2025 shop season.

As the time approached, and planning to be absent from the shop for much of the summer, and anticipating a bit of lead time awaiting delivery of the dinghy kit, I asked the owner to order the kit in the spring so we could ensure it was on hand in plenty of time, and in case I had some available time during the summer to start work.  As it happened, the kit arrived in short order, within a few days of ordering, so I spent some time carefully unpacking the kit pieces and storing them on purpose-built shelves that I erected in the shop to ensure all the plywood panels would be fully supported and flat while they awaited assembly starting later in the fall.