> Hi everyone this is my first time posting on this BBS and I would like
> customers opinions on whitch S&G kayak is the fastest yet still can turn
> when edged or leaned without a skeg or rudder system and also not be
> completly made for flat water conditions. I would really like to build a
> first kayak of wood and have it meet all my expectations. I am 5'10"
> and 220lbs. I currently borrow or rent fiberglass and carbon fiber models
> but love the beauty of wood. I have been bitten hard by the building bug
> and would like to hear all opinions on the S&G method only Kayaks Please.
> I know I am asking for alot, please E-mail me responses if it is against
> BBS rules to post your opinions about speccific manufacturers.

> P.S All you builders who have posted pictures here sure have done a great
> job on your kayaks, It helps give me the courage to try my own.

> Mike I built a pygmy coho last year very easy to build. very easy to handle (especially after installing foam pads to get a better cockpit fit) It goes very straight even in the wind and chop, you can lean it fairly far over to carve a turn, and I have yet to find a boat faster, I took a second in my very first race, it is hard to imagine you could want a boat faster but it really depends on what you want to use it most for I think the coho is a very good boat that you can do alot with- - I believe the ospry standard that pygmy makes looks like another good boat but I think the coho has the edge over it in speed.