: Dick,

: Beautiful boat! Was this your first boat, or one of many? I built my first
: boat last year. (An 18'merganser) and I love it. How was it building the
: hybrid? I'm trying to decide which boat to do next, and was thinking about
: the Baidarka hybrid. I saw it for the first time at the small boat shop C
: & K Expo in Norwalk. A real beauty

I own two fibreglas boats, but this is the first boat (or much of anything else) I have ever built, a friend of mine built a CLC and he convinced me to build a boat..Eric Schade of Shearwater convinced me NOT to build a strip for my first boat. The hybrid is a great compromise. The boat has some cosmetic errors, but nothing that should effect its handling.

I was hoping to have it ready for the 23rd, but it looks like it will be a few weeks late.

Even thou I am usually just a read only, I felt that my experience might help someone jump into boat building.

-d