: it seems as if the accepted meaning is like you say.
: but to me a hybrid would use any major combo of techniques in whatever
: location they were.
: a glass hull w/ a s&g or strip deck would be a hybrid to me for example. and
: vice versa or whatever

Now there's an interesting idea! I think that that might be a place for production kayak makers to start with kits. They could sell a fiberglass or kevlar hull, and the materials to add a deck. This would give more wary builders the assurance of a true and fair hull with the beauty off a strip built wood deck. And it would be in the water as fast as a stitch and glue 'yak.

I see a start-up here!