I guess I should add my balancing opinion here.

I much prefer the Pygmy boats (I have paddled both and built a Coho). I like the multi-chine deck; it really does make paddling close to the boat easier. The hard shear corner and rub rail of the CLC boats tends to get in my way especially when paddling in the surf or other challenging conditions. The multi-chine deck is prettier to me.

A friend of mine had his 3mm CLC deck crack when he started to play in light surf. That big single-piece deck is much more prone to buckling than the multi-piece Pygmy method. The Pygmy deck is also 4mm thick and is glassed completely on the outside and has the seams glassed on the inside. This is much stronger and stiffer than the CLC deck.

The Pygmy kits have more glass and more epoxy. Thus their kits are a bit higher in cost. They are weight competitive since they have no rub rail, no shear clamp, no left-in stiches, no big joint fillets and no nails. Pygmy prefers to add weight where it also adds strength.

I like Pygmy hatches. They fit into a recess, almost flush with the deck, and have a seam down the center which adds stiffness. This allows for the use of thinner sealing foam. The CLC hatches stick up higher and throw more spray into your face.

I also just prefer the lines of the Pygmy boats. I love the curve of the center deck seam as it rises to the bow. The CLC boats seem too straight-lined to me (its hard to bend that one piece deck into a compound curve I guess).

I get the impression that Pygmy boats are better optimized and tested prior to release as kits. These are just my opinions, of course.