Last summer I was able to demo the best fiberglass and wood boats, and the most impressive boats were the wood boats with the hard chines. They are so much more responsive when it comes to the leaned turn, and that is why I chose the Arctic Tern.

> Without getting into the CLC v. Pygmy war, I am trying to decide on my
> first boat to build. Specifically, I am interested in comments on hard
> chine construction/performance v. multi-chine. I am considering the Pygmy
> Arctic Tern v. Coho v. Osprey Std. I have a lot of small boat sailing
> experience and plan to use the boat mostly along the Connecticut coast.
> Although I have dreams of expedition touring, realistically my longest
> trips would be a week. I am 6'0'' - 210 lbs. Any feedback would be
> appriciated.