: I'm not sure how you want me to post it. Dementions? It not a design that the
: true kayakers would want. I based it on the 11 foot Guillemot Little Auk
: to gunk around in small streams and lakes so I can pick up plants etc. for
: my pond. My plans are more rounded and streamlined then Little Auk with
: more of a v-bottom forward and rounded through the mid section while
: Little Auk is more flat bottomed. As I have posted on this board earlier,
: I am anxious to see if I fasted my strips with contact cement which would
: require no clamping and I can work right through the winter in an unheated
: area. An other thing I would like to try, is to take the tubular foam
: rubber that is slit along one side for pipe insulation and slip that on
: for the combing edge. I would soak it in epoxy and just slip it on and
: when it set I would give it two or three glasses for strength. Anyway here
: are some dementions. (Length-335cm,11ft); (max seam width at MID
: SECTION-69cm, 27.2", max water width-63cm, deck midsection ht-27.5cm,
: 10.826"); (Bow deck ht-30cm, 11.811 in, Bow water inter-30cm,
: 11.811"); (Stern ht-18cm, 7.86").

Wow, what a pond! I see you have done a lot of research on that. Great work of art! I was intrest about water and aquatic life ( that why I get into Kayaking) and read quite about fish species and how to balance them without chemical and such. You are absolutely right about large mouth bass to control and diversify species. There is one more point: when you introduce a predator (bass), your prey fish (blue gill) number goes down, but the prey fish actually grows much bigger! It is very interseting.
I can only wish I can do that. In San Francisco Bay Area, land is so expansive that even a mud puddle in the back yard is out of range for most people. Your private lake is out of question....Sigh...
About your boat design, why do you choose a round bottom? In flat water water, flat bottom gives you more primary stability without worrying about the trade off of secondary. If you need to reach outside the boat to grab some weed in the water, primary stability is what you need. On second thought, a small canoe will fit your purpose much better because you can bring stuff back and a canoe is a lot easier to hose down. Right?