: I recently watched the Ralph Beer video on building his TourYak
: design. Has anyone here build one of these or at least seen one?
: It looks like an inexpensive way to build a first kayak. His
: method is a little rough but with some improvements it might be
: a good first project. Does this look like a viable kayak?
I've decided not to do this boat. I was thinking of it as something simple to build so that I could learn some skills before I go on to a more ambitious project. I think that a pirogue would do that for me and I'd end up with a more useful boat.

Ed