It has been a long time since I have posted anything here maybe since 1999-2000. I have been busy playing and having fun. I want to make a Stitch and Glue boat (cheap construction) for my soon to be 7 year old (60 lbs). This past summer he was in my solo canoe paddling all by himself after 5 minutes of instruction.

It is now time to build a kayak for him, but I have not found any plans that would fit him. I own a CLC Chesapeake 17LT plan, but it is really too big of a boat for him to handle. Anyone have any tips on how to scale it down to for him. I am sure there is some ratio between the linear affect of shortening the boat and the cubical affect on its volume, but I do not know it.

Does anyone have any recommendations on where to start? It appears Nick has written a second book (I do not have it yet), that discusses scaling a kayak.