I think that 6 hour stuff was designed in Forida swamp. The flat bottom made it easy to slide over the roots and cattail -- never meant to track well. It's more likely to pole than to paddle. If you want to paddle that; a skeg is badly needed.

: I think six hours is the actual time to put it together, after you have cut
: all the peices, and before you do any finishing. It took me about two
: weeks to build it, working part-time.

: Or maybe it's the time it takes to paddle back to the dock in any cross-wind
: if you get more than a half-mile away It's been a long time since I
: paddled it, and I probably would do better now, but as I recall it does
: not track at all, with a flat rocker bottom like a drift boat. I added a
: skeg, and that improved it drastically.