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Don't be a Larry (or Curly or Moe)
By:Anonymous
Date: 3/29/1999, 8:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Here we go again! (Larry C.)

Give the guy a break -- just because you may have seen this discussion before doesn't mean that it may not be useful to anyone else. If this is that bothersome to you, you can go elsewhere...

I built a Pygmy Arctic Tern. Reading comments in this bulletin board swayed me towards Pygmy because a number of people were having trouble installing the decks on their Chesapeakes. But since then I have read a number of good tips on using cinch-straps that make this process much easier. If I had to do it all over again (and I probably will next winter) I'd build a Chesapeake. There was a good deal of extra labor involved with the stitching, 'glass-taping the underside, and glassing the entire outside of the deck of my Pygmy. Given that only the hull of the Chessies are 'glassed, I believe they are a good deal simpler to build.

Messages In This Thread

Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
A. Goddard -- 3/27/1999, 8:13 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
lee -- 3/31/1999, 12:00 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
Shawn Baker -- 3/31/1999, 3:54 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
lee -- 4/1/1999, 3:18 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
Shawn Baker -- 4/1/1999, 4:19 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
lee -- 4/3/1999, 10:18 am
Honest opinions
Brian T. Cunningham -- 3/30/1999, 3:00 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
Dan Gunn -- 3/30/1999, 12:21 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
Shawn Baker -- 3/28/1999, 3:57 pm
AMEN to that!!!
Stan Heeres -- 3/28/1999, 8:42 pm
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
Paul Jacobson -- 3/28/1999, 2:07 am
Re: Looking for kayak KIT comparisons
John Herr -- 3/27/1999, 10:42 pm
Re: Here we go again!
Larry C. -- 3/27/1999, 10:06 pm
Don't be a Larry (or Curly or Moe)
Anonymous -- 3/29/1999, 8:05 pm
Re: To "Annie Moss"
Larry C. -- 3/29/1999, 8:35 pm