The Fall '94 Sea Kayker magazine has plans for a 18'x21" low-volume Greenland-style stitch-and-glue kayak. Back-issues are available at the Sea Kayaker website. There's a bit more work in building from plans only, but it's a good deal cheaper, too. I can't look up the site location at the moment, but if you do a search for the Southern California Kayak Builders website, there are some pictures of this boat that 2 individuals have built.

Dean

> I'm considering building a stitch and glue boat. This would be the first
> boat I've built, so I'm looking to do it from a kit. I'd like something
> that's lighter and more maneuverable than my current boat, which is a
> plastic Perception Eclipse. I'm not afraid of building a boat that will
> take some effort to grow into, if the performance justifies it.

> I've read lots of positive reviews of Pygmy's Arctic Tern, but at 23"
> it seems a bit beamy.

> The CLC North Bay looks like an interesting boat, but at 18.5' long, I'm
> not sure how maneuverable it would be (and it would be a tight fit in my
> garage).

> Does anyone have any experience with or recommendations of either of these
> boats, for performance and ease of building?

> Thanks in advance, Dan