Boat Building Forum

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

Re: Truth and fiction
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 6/29/2001, 10:53 am
In Response To: Re: CLC vs Pygmy... (Jim Kozel)

: I have just completed a Pygmy Arctic Tern, will probably go in the water for
: the first time tonight. I was VERY impressed by the engineering of the
: kit, the way it went together. The multi-chine cambered deck is very
: attractive and strong.

Yes, it is. The peaked decks shed water nicely, too.

: No bending or stressing wood is required.

That's Pygmy's negative advertising rhetoric against CLC's cambered decks. Take it with a grain of salt--you don't really stress the wood that badly.

: Each piece went together with precision. Once the hull was wired together it
: required NO alignment.

That is great!!!

: The entire process took about 55 hours with an
: average 2 hour increment for each step. Finished boat with all bulkheads
: and Pygmy hatch hardware/bungies is 37lbs.

Great job...lots of first-time builders are tempted to use way too much epoxy. Just ask me, I have a 57-lb. Chesapeake, and it's not the plan's fault!!

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

CLC vs Pygmy...
Dave P. -- 6/28/2001, 12:16 am
Colorado?
Doug K. -- 6/29/2001, 11:51 am
Re: Colorado?
Dave P. -- 6/29/2001, 2:04 pm
Re: Colorado?
Scott Leidy -- 7/4/2001, 12:57 am
Re: Colorado?
Bill Price -- 7/4/2001, 1:45 pm
Re: Colorado?
Scott Leidy -- 7/5/2001, 12:22 am
Re: Colorado?
Dave P. -- 7/5/2001, 7:27 pm
Re: NM
Ross Leidy -- 7/4/2001, 9:59 am
RMSKC
Doug K. -- 6/29/2001, 3:13 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
brooks -- 6/29/2001, 5:41 am
Thanks to all..
Dave P. -- 6/28/2001, 8:16 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Byron -- 6/28/2001, 2:45 pm
Re: Boat fit
Shawn Baker -- 6/29/2001, 10:55 am
Re: CLC vs Pygmy... *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 6/28/2001, 12:24 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Jim Kozel -- 6/28/2001, 2:39 pm
Re: Truth and fiction
Shawn Baker -- 6/29/2001, 10:53 am
Hey! Hey!
Bill Price -- 6/28/2001, 6:35 pm
Re: Hey! Hey / CLC or Pygmy
Jim Kozel -- 6/28/2001, 10:05 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy... *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 6/28/2001, 2:52 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Mark Woodhead -- 6/29/2001, 3:19 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 7/3/2001, 12:09 pm
That's what I get for using second hand info :b *NM*
Chip Sandresky -- 6/28/2001, 5:14 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Jim Kozel -- 6/28/2001, 4:53 pm
Tippy? Au Contraire *NM*
Doug -- 6/28/2001, 3:54 pm
Re: not tippy
LeeG -- 6/28/2001, 3:41 pm
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Shawn Baker -- 6/28/2001, 11:24 am
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Don Beale -- 6/28/2001, 10:00 am
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Greg Hicks -- 6/28/2001, 8:55 am
Re: CLC vs Pygmy...
Paul Johnson -- 6/28/2001, 8:58 am