Poars and saddles

In San Francisco, there is a maritime museum that has a small boat workshop where they conduct classes. I have registered for a class in June and July called "Oars, Spars, and Paddles," although usually I call it "Oars, Pars, and Spaddles." Kind of like "bales of hay" always comes out "hales of bay." Anyway, I'm hoping to make the spoars and pardles for my nutshell pram in class. Perhaps by then I'll have my new digicam so I can begin on the documentary film portion of this New Year's challenge. As you may or probably don't recall, this is a 3-pronged project: the boat, the blog, and the blockbuster.