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14' or 17'
By:Mike
Date: 8/16/2001, 11:55 am

Greetings! Well, I have decided to build two Pygmy Arctic Terns for my wife and myself. Now the issue is which ones. Should I build one 14' and one 17' or both 14' or whatever? Here is what we are looking for.

- We are beginners
- We hope to camp/kayak for up to three weeks
- We are primarily on the Eastern seaboard, Maine, MA and CT coasts
- We live in a one-bedroom apartment with an 18' x 12' Living room (only building space)
- We are both 5' 8" I weigh 185 and she weighs (she'll kill me) 135
- We drive a Honda Civic

Messages In This Thread

14' or 17'
Mike -- 8/16/2001, 11:55 am
Re: 14' or 17'
Jim Kozel -- 8/20/2001, 12:08 am
stretch or shrink???
Randy Knauff -- 8/17/2001, 3:21 am
Re: stretch or shrink???
Jim Kozel -- 8/17/2001, 9:58 am
Re: stretch or shrink???
Mike Scarborough -- 8/17/2001, 10:54 am
Re: stretch or shrink???
Mike -- 8/17/2001, 8:31 am
Re: 14' or 17'
Jim Kozel -- 8/16/2001, 10:40 pm
build the 17'. Let the wife try it. then decide
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/16/2001, 9:18 pm
Re: build the 17'. Let the wife try it. then decid
Mike -- 8/17/2001, 8:28 am
Re: 14' or 17'
LeeG -- 8/16/2001, 4:30 pm
Re: 14' or 17'
Mike -- 8/17/2001, 8:23 am
To Get To The Merganser
Mike Scarborough -- 8/17/2001, 8:59 am
Re: To Get To The Merganser
dick kirschbaum -- 8/17/2001, 7:04 pm
Re: Building space
Jim -- 8/16/2001, 3:35 pm
17' & 17'
Mike Scarborough -- 8/16/2001, 2:47 pm
Re: 17' & 17'
Mike -- 8/16/2001, 3:00 pm
17's for the Gulf of Maine
!RUSS -- 8/16/2001, 3:25 pm
Re: 14' or 17'
Mike Hanks -- 8/16/2001, 1:39 pm
Re: 14' or 17'
Mike -- 8/16/2001, 2:18 pm
Re: 14' or 17'
Mike Hanks -- 8/16/2001, 4:17 pm
Re: 14' or 17'
Brian Nystrom -- 8/16/2001, 12:41 pm
Re: 14' or 17'
Mike -- 8/16/2001, 1:14 pm