Just floated her for the first time this afternoon - coincidentally the nicest day we've had all year. So good to see the sun again!

It's a slightly modified, non-folding, wood framed, "Sea Rover LC" designed by Tom Yost.

16' long, 18" wide and pretty darn light. I skinned the boat with 12oz nylon from George Dyson (I had a hard time dragging myself out of his shop!), coated with Zar polyurethane - with some added white pigment. I skinned it using the method I learned on the Skinboat School's website video (I give it two thumbs up!). Time to completion - four weeks or so. Coating it, and the finishing details, take the longest chunks of time.

The boat is low volume, responsive, fun, and designed for rolling and day paddling - I sure won't be doing any camping trips with it!

Thanks again to Tom Yost for his great website and ideas!

www.yostwerks.com
http://skinboats.org/skinboats/sewing_your_west_greenland_kayak.html
gdyson@gmail.com

Dave
Bellingham, WA