Well; I'm nearly done building my son's 14 foot Great Auk, I've got plans underway for my wife's 15 foot Chuckanut (she's deathly afraid of water and wanted a VERY stable boat), and I'll start on my North Star plans next winter (not enough time left anymore this winter for build without eating into our short summer season). So......that leaves me without a kayak for this summer. I'm thinking I can probably build myself an SOF right along side my wifes Chuckanut. Please help me decide on a design by offering likely candidates. I'm a big guy (6'3" and 260 with size 13's; but on a slimming trend......). I'll use the kayak mainly on lakes and rivers, but will also likely head out onto Lake Superior on occassion. I think I'd like to test my rookie kayak skills with something a bit on the "racy" side (for a beginner), but those design type seem to be very low volume and I'm not sure I'd fit into them. Any ideas out there for a happy medium between eoungh volume for a big fella, but also a bit sleek and testy?