I know some people are going to prefer having a rudder on the Guillemot, however I recommend not doing too much to prepare for a rudder until after you have paddled the boat a bit. You can usually retro-fit a rudder pretty easily if you feel you need one.

> I'm in the progress of building a "guillemot", is it advisable
> to prepare for a rudder on this design? Or is that just to ruin something
> that has reached completion? Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity
> to try this design.

> I recently stumbled across a product that looked just right for a previous
> posting about venting a closed compartment(I have searched the archive but
> is unable to find it again :( It is a membrane-ventilator from Gore called
> Gore-polyvent/PG7, that is used to ventilate electronics enclosures, it
> can withstand an outside water pressure of 0.6 bar. And when not under
> pressure ventilate vaporized water from the inside. Cost is 61 SKR about 8
> US.