: It does track very well, and it responds well to leaning. It
: actually seems quite quick to me, but it fits me like a
: glove-better than any other kayak I've had. I have not
: quantified this at all, it just seems I get from A to B quite
: quickly and it feels like no energy is wasted.

: I've always been struck by the slab side of the design, and never
: liked it from an aesthetic standpoint. I"m guessing it was
: an unavoidable consequence of making the chines so wide apart.
: Possibly the designer had cargo capacity in mind when he
: designed it. But thats the main feature that strikes me as odd,
: is that chine width (and how far that wideness is carried out to
: the ends) and accompanying near-vertical sides.

It looks very much like this kayak.
http://www.woodenboatstore.com/1710-Seguin-Kayak/productinfo/400-111/