: I'd certainly never talk anyone out of building a kayak, much too rewarding
: to miss. There are some boats that are very skinny that are also amazingly
: stable, my Yost Sea Ranger is a great example, it's only 19" wide and
: you'd almost have to try to roll it by mistake, I have to actually put the
: coaming into the water before it starts to get unstable and that's at
: about 30+ degrees of roll to do that. Of course my SR is also very long
: (added some length as the WRC gunwales were spliced over length and just
: couldn't bring myself to cutting them shorter. So I've got a 19 1/2' Sea
: Ranger.

Same with the Night Heron, Bill, rock-solid stable...you have to want to roll it or go out on waves similar to what Nick seems to find himself involved with.

Robert N Pruden

: Bill H.