contact this guy:

Robert R Livingston bearboat@ibm.net 30221 33rd Ave SW Federal Way, WA 98023

I have no idea how I got his email. he wrote/writes/etc' design s.w. that's all I know.

> I was planning on making my next boat a North Bay (tried it out and loved
> its sporty feel, low deck, etc.), but in recent weeks have become
> increasingly enamored with the idea of trying to fashion a Greenland style
> "skin"-on-frame boat. I have ordered Peterson's book on the
> subject, and over the next few months will also get Boucher's video, the
> Sea Kayaker articles by Cunningham and either Chapelle's (and coauthor)
> book or the Little Kayak Book. I don't know what plans are available from
> these sources, but I have also entertained the idea of trying to do the
> design myself. I would love to have a boat that looks like the beautiful
> Greenland boat hanging in the musuem over on Cape Cod. It is truly
> gorgeous, and the few skin-on-frames that I have seen thus far don't
> really excite me so much in terms of aesthetics. In any event, for a
> semi-amateur (I've only built one stitch-n-glue thus far), would it be a
> mistake to try and do anything other than follow pretty precisely someone
> elses plans?

I've never tried such thing, but it seems to me it's the same mistake as going for a s&g, no...? did you asked such question before you went with the s&g ? you didn't ?! then why do you ask it now ? you did ?! well, by now you already know there was no need to.

go for it. if you screw up anything, don't tell anybody, dassall.

erez

> Would some sort of boat design software be of any use it
> trying to replicate the appearance of the Cape Cod boat that I am
> particularly fond of, while also giving me some indication of its handling
> characteristics and whether it would really paddle well with me in it?
> Thanks for any thoughts.