An inspiration to make me get the butternut out that I got from Rickey.

Yes, My Dad, WWII, my father in law, WWII, Korea & Viet Nam.  And then my youngest sister's husband how was in the Navy and then as a Government Employee with the Navy until he was killed in an automobile accident this last November.  I have my Dads and Father in laws flags.

This is going to be fun to follow. Doing stained glass is something I'm going to try one day.

I got the reference plans from this site; http://www.woodsurfboardplans.com/index.html Here is a link to an e-book I'm using, same author as the plans on the link above but on a different site; http://woodsurfboardsupply.com/TheBooks.html What I like about these plans is they walk you through the whole process of fabricating your own frame (spar) to the final product. The decks are glued on and I started with the top deck and glued the middle board first. Then I added boards to the sides of that board and worked out to the edge of the board. After the top deck was glued on I attached the bottom deck, starting in the middle again and working my way out. I wish I took a few more photos. So looking at the pic below you see the attached top deck (facedown on bench) and I'm about to attach the lower deck. If you look at the frame you might be able to tell I glued on 3/8" strips to the plywood frame. These strips allowed me to get an edge the clamp could use for clamping pressure; Heres another photo with out the top deck, you can clearly see the strips attached to the plywood frame; Does this explanation help?

Wow, that is gorgeous.  I love the inlay on the top as well, and Chesnut is right - the contrast of butternut and walnut is really nice.  The box joints are a nice touch as well.  Great work!