: Thanks for the responses; all good ones, too. I also like the 'looks' of the
: Shearwaters/Merganser,and I know Pygmy has nice kits. I've been leaning
: more toward a 'from plans' only approach, primarily just because I'd like
: to see if I can do it; and the idea of building a stripper seems to have
: caught my fancy at present.
: I know some have built a '95%' or so reduction of various boats, including
: Outer Island and Cormorant; some have mentioned they're a bit tippier than
: perhaps they'd liked? So.... looking for boats actually designed for the
: smaller paddler. Again, good ideas, and appreciated.
Have to remember that the tippy comment is likely from the builder who isn't the small person the boat's designed for, if you make a small and proportionately narrow boat for a small person than it's gonna be tippy for the full size adult, but shouldn't be for the person it's designed for, their weight is lower.
Bill H.
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- Seeking: Kayak choices, of course!
george jung -- 2/8/2008, 6:17 pm- Re: Seeking: Kayak choices, of course! *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 2/13/2008, 11:03 am- More options for smaller paddlers------WebKitFormB *LINK* *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW)------WebKitFormBoundarypxHSU+9 -- 2/12/2008, 8:52 am- Let's try that again with Firefox... *LINK* *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/12/2008, 8:57 am- Thomasson's Hunter
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/13/2008, 7:45 am
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Scott Baxter -- 2/9/2008, 9:00 am- Re: Seeking: Kayak choices, of course!
Tom Raymond -- 2/11/2008, 4:14 pm
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Andrew Sommer -- 2/9/2008, 9:27 am- Re: Seeking: Kayak choices, of course!
J.Bell -- 2/9/2008, 11:56 am- Re: Seeking: Kayak choices, of course!
george jung -- 2/9/2008, 10:12 am- Re: Seeking: Kayak choices, of course!
Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2008, 2:38 am- Re: Seeking: Kayak choices, of course!
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 2/9/2008, 10:31 pm - Re: Seeking: Kayak choices, of course!
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Glen Smith -- 2/8/2008, 7:10 pm - More options for smaller paddlers------WebKitFormB *LINK* *Pic*
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