The six hour canoe is a great boat but maybe look again at the the mill creek 13 it was an easy boat to build and does a great job in the kinds of conditions that you are talking about. It would look sharp with a cedar deck.

Hi, I'm thinking about a quick boat to get me into a kayak this spring.
> Currently working on a cedar strip pram so I don't want to get to far off
> that track. What I'd like is plans for a 11-13' S&G Kayak w a relitively
> wide beam. I just want a pokeing around boat for sheltered and small
> waters.Some thing fairly simple, hard chined would be great. ( Have some
> leftover materials to use up.)Figure I could stich&glue the hull togeather
> out of some leftover 1/8" ply, cedar strip the deck and glass the
> whole thing. So far, all I can find are longer/ more elaborate hull
> designs. ( looked @ Mill Creak but that is a little involved for my
> current needs.) Any suggestions for a source or do I need to design it
> myself ( PlyBoats)?. Thanks Dave Aguiar