In a message dated 1/19/99 4:26:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, tigerisland_at_mindspring.com writes: << Help me out here. I'm sure this has been debated before, so bare with me, I recently signed on. Which is better? Pigmy or Chesapeake? Multi chine ar hard chine? Golden Eye or or Chesapeake-17' Kit or plans? All options sound good, but some of you guys must have experience here. I'm an intermediate paddler on the Louisiana Gulf Coast who ventures into Texas, Miss, Ala, and Fla. waters. I fish from my boat, so most of my paddling is coastline and open bay. Customizing is an attractive opportunity with a home built. We have a baby due in 2 weeks and I need to trade on-the-water time with stay-at-home. Thanks in advance, Chris >> Chris, Another option you may want to check out are the relatively free plans you can get from sea kayaker magazines Fall '94 issue. The article was written by editor Chris Cunningham and is for a hard chined greenland stitch and glue 18.5' x 21". The instructions are very well written and you could probably complete it for 200-300 bucks if you use luaun plywood. I built it this past summer in about 4 weeks. Trust me, its worth looking into. You can back order the issue for 5.95 from sea kayaker by calling (206) 789-9536. I also did alot of investigating on kits and plans and finally decided on this one. Good luck, Robin Lovelock Mobile Al. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 19 1999 - 19:56:58 PST
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