Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

chesapeake and cormorant designs
By:mark
Date: 1/18/2001, 2:07 pm

Greetings!
I intend on using shareware plans for my first kayak because I want a more memorable challange and I am broke!
This leaves me w/ two choices the Chesapeake 16 (The New Kayak
Work Shop) and the 16 Cormorant. Which one will I like best???I am 5'6 and 175#
Chesy- Seems a little bulky and I have heard complaints about
front deck height. I have a minamalist type attitude. The Chesapeake LT is more of what I am looking for but it is not available as shareware. Could I chop a few centameters off the sides of the regular chesy and flatten out the deck or does the LT have a diff. hull design?
Cormorant- the low Cp,short water line,and long overhangs make me nervous
about performance. Will it be as efficient or fast as the Chesy.It does look great though.
Any comments would be valuable. Donated offsets for a light craft around 16' with med volume would really make my winter. Thanks
Mark mdfarina@hotmail.com

Messages In This Thread

chesapeake and cormorant designs
mark -- 1/18/2001, 2:07 pm
Re: Plan sources
George Cushing -- 1/20/2001, 11:59 am
Chesapeake difference
Brian Nystrom -- 1/18/2001, 6:54 pm
Re: CLC owner
Mike Scarborough -- 1/20/2001, 8:19 am
Re: CLC owner
Brian Nystrom -- 1/20/2001, 10:42 am
Re: chesapeake and cormorant designs
Shawn Baker -- 1/18/2001, 4:30 pm
Re: I probably shouldn't say this, but...........
Grant Goltz -- 1/18/2001, 9:26 pm
Chine Shapes, Boat Choices, and Boat Shops (long)
Shawn Baker -- 1/19/2001, 1:32 pm
Re: Chine Shapes, Boat Choices, and Boat Shops (lo
mark -- 1/19/2001, 6:09 pm
Re: How to get an SE
Grant Goltz -- 1/20/2001, 11:01 pm
Re: How to get an SE
mark -- 1/21/2001, 8:34 am
Re: How to get an SE
Grant Goltz -- 1/21/2001, 12:19 pm
Re: wheeee, on a vine, swinging in
Lee -- 1/18/2001, 10:37 pm
Re: wheeee, on a vine, swinging in
Grant Goltz -- 1/19/2001, 10:36 am
Re: wheeee, on a vine, swinging in
Mike Hanks -- 1/20/2001, 3:46 pm
Re: Yes, the Walrus, sorry I forgot :) *NM*
Grant Goltz -- 1/20/2001, 11:18 pm
Re: Hmm...a Challenge!
Shawn Baker -- 1/19/2001, 1:52 pm
Re: chesapeake and cormorant designs
Ken Finger -- 1/18/2001, 4:14 pm
Re: chesapeake and cormorant designs
Ross Leidy -- 1/18/2001, 2:28 pm