How different are the handling characteristics between the "Guillemot" and the "Guillemot Play"? From the study drawings (flipping pages in brochure) it looks like the "Play" is wider, lower, and shorter than the "Guillemot", with a very similar shape to the bottom of the hull.

You advertise the Great Auk as stable, which I find a little surprising due to its rounder bottom (much softer chines), in spite of its greter width (24 vs. 21 or 22 inches).

What would the Great Auk handle like if the beam were reduced to 21 or 22 inches and length to 16 ft ?

Having access to an extremely powerful CAD system, I could put in offsets (the tedious part), and then reshape them electrons any old way I want.

> The plans for the stitch and glue already are shareware. Builders
> owe me a postcard and pictures when they finish. That is enough for
> me on that design.

> For my other plans I ask for $35 for each additional boat built,
> $100 if you are building professionally. I do not ask for anything
> from people who build using offsets from my book, however I think
> it would be ethical for professional builders to pay the royalty anyway.
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