> Hi

> I was reading an other message that was posted about shortening a
> guillemot. I was wondering if I would build a guillemot of guillemot play
> that was about eleven feet in length if it would turn better and preform a
> little like white water boat.

I don't know what kind of playboat a shortened Guillemot would make, but I do know fitting a skeg on a white water hull will make it track as well as a sea kayak. Make the skeg retractable and you have a dual purpose boat; solid tracking on the slow stretches and manuverable in the fast stuff.