> If you think you will sometime have to stand while casting, or
> to retrieve a line caught in an overhead branch, you may feel more
> comfortable with a hull that has a flatter bottom.

If I get the links right, here is a view through a Sea Fever kayak. This pretty clearly shows the wide, flat bottom at the center of the boat (foreground in this picture), and how it becomes round toward the ends. I believe this picture faces the stern.

This is another skin on frame kayak. The website claims that you can build it in 25 hours, and they offer classes at very reasonable prices.

If you are thinking of doing this as a cedar strip boat you might want to contact the designer and see what help he can provide. From looking at this photo it seems to me you could modify the frames by enlarging them slightly, and they would then work as building frames for a stripper. This boat is designed to be 24 inches wide. If I was modifying things I'd try to go to 26 inches wide. This is less than 10 percent wider than the plan, but it is still 8-10 inches narrower than typical canoes.

Paul Jacobson