I was driving through the parking lot at the local ski resort in April before Trip #4 with my skis on one side of the rack, and my Chesapeake 17 on the other. A lady stopped me and asked,"Chesapeake?" I was like "(pause) yeah..how did you know?" She said that she'd lived in Maryland for several years. In the year since I built my boat, people have not only moved from "Is that really wood?" to "Do you like stitch&glue?" but even asked me about the design of the Chesapeake. Of course, some folks still ask,"Is that really a wood kayak?"

Shawn

> I've been hauling my Chesapeake 17 and Osprey Standard back and forth
> between Connecticut and Maine a lot this summer. I've gotten used to
> people gawking at them on the road, or asking "Is that really
> wood?". However, it seems that in the last few months, lots of people
> have approached me in rest stops, parking lots, etc., to compare notes on
> their own wooden kayaks. Has anyone else noticed the increasing popularity
> of wooden kayaks?