: Please note the line in the Duckworks writeup whih says that
: the author's friend built his 12 feet long. Longer is better if the
: paddler is over about 150 to 175 pounds.

We had these boats when I was a scout 25 years ago. The troop still makes them. Longer is better. The short 10' boats can spin on a dime. Which means they don't track worth beans. The Adult leaders increased the length of their boats to 12'. This greatly added to the boats' tracking abillity.

Roger