: I will second this. I have a 15lb SOF canoe. It works great...
: within its rather specific design envelope. I will and have used
: it in 2-3' white caps and 50+ kilometer an hour winds. It held
: up just fine. I still wore a dry-suit and figured I could end up
: swimming at a moments notice. To get the structure that light I
: had to remove most of the redundancy from the frame, its strong
: enough, but there isn't a whole heck of a lot of reserve if
: something weird happens. I also made a decision to build it as
: an open topped canoe in case it suddenly decides that it wants
: to be a folder, I didn't want to be trapped in it.

Pictures? Description of how's it made and of what? Telling us you have a 15 lb. boat with no desription is just cruel .

Bill H.