You should contact Patrick Dowd who is an Aussie involved in the surfing movement here and who has designed one or more timber S&G surf skis. His designs in CAD form were published recently in a local (Oz) amateur boat building magazine, which is how I came to see them - otherwise no connection. Patrick tells me he intends to make his plans available on the Internet free of charge. From what I have seen and what he has relayed to me, this is the answer to your search - a custome design rather than bastardisation of an existing base product! Contact him on , and I'd be interested in your comments.

Cheers...
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: I've been thinking about building a timber ocean ski for awhile now. I
: currently paddle a Red7 Surf70 ski but want to get back into a timber boat
: again. The boat would be used in open ocean with surf exit & re-entry
: and catching runners.
: Here are a couple of options that I've thought about so far and would really
: appreciate any thoughts, comments, issues , considerations.

: * buy plans for a CLC Pax 20 and modify to produce a ski. Probably easiest
: and cheapest option.

: * buy plans for a Guillemot Mystery and modify to produce a ski. Obviously
: more time & $$$ (WRC costs a bundle over here in OZ).

: Both of these boats are considerably shorter than my Red7 so I have also
: considered lengthening the plans for & aft of the cockpit but am
: unsure how this would affect performance. The Mystery's length is designed
: to conform to a Sea Kayak racing regulation so perhaps it's length is not
: optimal?? Any insights?

: Cheers, Craig