If you are interested in kits talk to Michael Vermouth info@newfound.com

: Greetings from Indianpolis. My Merganser 17W is 95% complete (1 more coat of
: epoxy on the hull and varnish). This is my first kayak (I'm a beginning
: kayaker), and it has been a joy to build! Eric's plans are well laid out,
: and any questions I had were quickly answered in a phone call to him. The
: only down side is you have to build from plans (he does not sell kits). I
: built mine with 5.2m lauan (at $7/sheet) and glad I did. I had to re-cut 1
: set of the deck panels, and made a few other mistakes. I have a building
: journal on the web (its about 2 week behind), if you want to see what I
: done.

: Also, new post on the Trips Bulletin Board ("not exactly a kayak trip,
: but...") where Lee (who works for CLC, I think) paddled the Merganser
: and had some very nice comments about it.

: Good luck and keep us posted. -- Greg