Not to confuse things, but for me at 6-1 and 205, I like the Pygmy Osprey Standard better than any boat I have paddled. It tracks hard , but still lean turns pretty well. It is very stable and a little less volume than the coho, but has plenty of capacity for you.

: Im looking to build a boat as a winter project, family members and many of my
: friends are now kayaking I also took my power boat off lake george, a
: kayak will get me out on lake some .

: The primary use for this boat will be 95% work out , mental health/play and
: explore craft.

: I cant ever see loading anything other than lunch, rain gear, and perhaps a
: little fishing thrown in. None of the people I’d paddle with tour or camp
: by kayak .

: The primary water would be ,Lake George and Lake Champlain NY Both have much
: boat traffic and LG has the big cruise boats, water gets real rough almost
: every afternoon.

: The secondary water would be coastal paddling along new England IE: maine and
: the cape (often less rough than the two lakes I’m on)

: I’m 5’10” and 245LB , top heavy linebacker build, good wood working skills.

: my confusion is whether to go multi chine or Hard chine for my application??,

: I understand the primary secondary stability thing but not sure what type
: Hull properties best fit my turf???.

: I E mailed 4 kit providers and here is their suggestions and my thoughts (my
: thoughts not my knowlage )

: ONE OCEAN :Vlacav advised the cirrus (only S&G kit he has)as it will handle
: my weight but its at the max end. ( nice looking boat, dont know if the
: volume is there?, Id rather have a little service factor Yes??)

: SHEARWATER: Eric advised The merganser 17W or the Merganser 18. The 17w being
: a bit wider the 18 a bit tippier and faster (low cost kits, pleasant
: looking boat, both seem to have the proper paddler weght range and hard
: chine??)

: CLC: John Emailed Me and was adament that the Chessie 17LT would be PERFECT
: for my situation "Fast and Fun" his words

: (chessies are not the nicest looking boats , very plain, performance
: parameters on the CLC website seem more station wagon like than
: sporty/fun)

: Pygmy: got an Email this morning, Pygmy highly reccommends the Borealis XL
: then as a second choice the coho high volume if I wanted a sportier
: /faster yet somewhat tippier boat.

: pygmy is the only multi chine boats in the running It looks like

: (the borealis XL seems like a big boat even for me, esp since Ill never realy
: load it but at 245LB??, 25" wide is like my brothers 14' plastic
: barge,

: the coho looks nice but being a tad tippier than the Xl might not be the best
: platform for stopping and smelling the roses but would be nice while
: running in the rough stuff and would roll better??))

: your thoughts and wisdom please as I want to get stitching soon.

: ill also be asking for advice when I get building.

: Have a great day ,many many thanks

: “John”