Sorry Tom to if you feel offended, not offense intended. I'm not a kayak designer and maybe i mixed up terms, again excuse me. But i never take a persons word as the bible, so call me sceptical, even ignorant if you want to call me something. I just wanted some other opinions, like a second doctor's opinion before i commit to use one of your designs to use in a summer workshop with youngsters. I want them to built kayaks where they don't grow out of too quickly and going on those other designs i mentioned i started to doubt.

And where on your site do you state 250lbs for the sea tour 13 ?

: Hi Jozef,

: You asked me in one of your several emails for displacement... not
: max. displacement.
: Max. displacement as I use it relates to the top of the gunwales at
: their low point ( center of hull / beginning of deck)....515lbs.

: The Displacement figure I provided you via email was based on
: approx 3" of freeboard ( gunwale to waterline at hull low
: point)
: That number as I stated was "around" 275 lbs. Had I
: realized that it would cause you such stress, I would have
: been more exacting... 272 lbs. I state only 250lbs for this boat on
: my website, as I normally provide conservative figures.

: You can't compare my boat's displacement to someone else's design
: unless you know what you are comparing....

: What then should I call you ?

: Regards, Tom