I had posted to you on Paddling.net (EdZep). You can not effectively narrow a Sea Tour 15 R. That design already exists, as Yost's Sea Otter R. The Sea Otter is lacking in manners, and not practical to use. I was warned of that here, after I had already started. It be true, and I went from that project, into the Sea Tour 15 R.

: I only weigh about 150 sopping wet, and I'm 5"10", so
: getting enough buoyancy and displacement shouldn't be a problem.
: I'm half tempted to try either shortening a Sea Rider, or
: perhaps trying to narrow up a Sea Tour 15R.

: I'm a little hesitant to start mucking with other peoples designs
: before building my first boat, but I've talked to a number of
: people that say this is pretty much par for the course, and how
: people arrive at the boat that's best for them (after no small
: amount of experimenting) Is this a good idea? Is this a stupid
: idea? Any advice for determining how to go about doing this the
: intelligent way?

: Thanks. :)

: -- James