

Steve and his kayak
So what exactly is Steve DeLacy doing in his semi-retirement? Why, building a kayak, of course! And not just building a kayak, but everything from harvesting the wood to (he estimates) about 700 hours of love-labor! What a beauty she is, too! According to Steve, about five or six years ago, his buddy Bill Kettlewell saw plans for a cedar strip canoe that Steve had been thinking about for a while. Bill offered Steve some cedar trees from his property in Traverse City, from a c