[Paddlewise] new Pygmy Arctic Tern

Tom,
You might be interested in the new Pygmy Arctic Tern, which will be
revealed at the West Coast Symposium this weekend. It has a single hard
chine, is 17'x23", and supposedly handles rough water, and turns very
well. I am looking forward to demoing it at the show. I am currently
building one as well, but it is not quite floatable yet.  I think this
boat, and the multi-chined Coho are a significant improvement over their
other designs, because the boats turn so well when edged, yet track well
when flat.
Cheers,
kevin
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	/   Kevin Whilden   \
       |Dept. of Geosciences \___
       |University of Washington \
       |kwhilden_at_u.washington.edu| 
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Tom Dittrich wrote:

> I'm in the market for a fiberglass, hard-chined kayak, and am looking at
> the P&H Sirius.  I'll be able to demo one in a couple weeks, but am very
> interested in hearing from current and past owners.
> 
> Right now I paddle a Osprey Standard from Pygmy Boats, which is a
> stitch-and-glue kit made out of mahogany marine plywood. It is 24" wide
> by 15' 8" long, and is multi-chined.  The Sirius is just 20" wide, which
> makes me a little nervous.  However, the P&H web site says the secondary
> stability is just fine.  
> 
> Any help out there?
> 
> Tom Dittrich
> 
> 
> 
> 
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