: Thanks! to all those who have given straightforward (as well as extremely
: verbose!) advice to someone trying to get into the wooden kayak scene.
: These "rendezvous" everyone is talking about are not convenient
: travel destinations for someone in southern Michigan (Lets see...spend
: several hundred dollars in airfare and accomodations to then spend an
: additional thousand for the boat building supplies...NOT!). Surely, there
: must a get-together somewhere in Michigan, especially since it is bordered
: on three sides by three of the largest lakes on the continent! I have
: heard there might be a Michigan get-together this month in Bay City...is
: this accurate? Does anyone have any details? My dilemma is fairly simple:
: I like the performance of the pygmy coho, but I want to build a similarly
: performing watercraft with wood strips...which model best approximates the
: coho? A free bottle of beer(upon meeting) will go to anyone who gives a
: satisfactory answer/solution which saves me from having to fly to NH or WA
: just to try out a few boats! Thank you all in advance!

: Rob

You want to go to the Great Lakes Small Craft Symposium IV on August 18. Follow this link to their site:

http://www.gougeon.com/GLSCS/

Good show, I've gone in the past.

All the best,

Rob Macks
Laughing Loon CC&K
www.LaughingLoon.com