Without knowing the original performance, what would you tweek? I'd say fix it to original and evaluate it, and then tweek...

> I found a canvas kayak on a firewood pile and the owner was happy to let
> me have it, since it had centimental value (she did not have the heart to
> have it hauled to the dump). It was locally built (Tomales Bay, CA)
> according to plans published in Popular Mechanics, but the owner was not
> 100% sure.

> The canvas covering was deteriorated and I already removed it. The
> framework is in great shape, only one broken frame, no rot.Though it is
> quite old, I do not think this kayak has any historical value.

> I'm having a difficult time deciding, if I should rebuild it as an
> original, or incorporate performance enhancing improvements (tweek it a
> bit)?

> wd