> Give the guy a break -- just because you may have seen this discussion
> before doesn't mean that it may not be useful to anyone else. If this is
> that bothersome to you, you can go elsewhere...

> I built a Pygmy Arctic Tern. Reading comments in this bulletin board
> swayed me towards Pygmy because a number of people were having trouble
> installing the decks on their Chesapeakes. But since then I have read a
> number of good tips on using cinch-straps that make this process much
> easier. If I had to do it all over again (and I probably will next winter)
> I'd build a Chesapeake. There was a good deal of extra labor involved with
> the stitching, 'glass-taping the underside, and glassing the entire
> outside of the deck of my Pygmy. Given that only the hull of the Chessies
> are 'glassed, I believe they are a good deal simpler to build.

One does not have to be a rocket scientist to know where the "anonymous" post originated. I think if someone knows how to track this post, we would find that it did not originate from a Pygmy builder but more likely from MR.---- himself. I guess Nick's warning was not enough!