: Well, I finally launched my Pygmy Goldeney-HI on Saturday here in Kingston,
: WA, after much delay. Thanks to everyone who gave encouragement a couple
: of months ago when I was preparing to launch, and discovered that my end
: pours hadn't worked: I had drilled through nothing, and created nice
: "drain holes" in the ends of my boat!

: The boat is better than I had thought. I had expected it to be a bit
: "tubby" due to the 24" beam, but it doesn't feel that way.
: It's fast: my wife paddles a Looksha IV, and my previous boat was a
: Wilderness Systems Cape Horn; I used to have to struggle to keep up with
: her when she started really going -- now it's the opposite, even with my
: Greenland paddle. It was also more manueverable than I expected, given the
: reputation for the Osprey/GE tracking, and the Osprey that I test paddled
: (Pygmy's Osprey Std and the GE/GE-HI share the same hull underwater).
: Although, everytime I see my wife turn her Looksha by simply looking one
: direction or the other, I start fantasizing about my next boat, which is
: going to be an easy-turning Greenland-style, hard-chine boat.

: The footroom is great for my size 13's. My legs went to sleep, but I think
: that's because I really need to do some cockpit outfitting.

: All in all, I'm extremely pleased with the boat. Once I build my daytrip boat
: (the Greenland-style one mentioned earlier), this will remain a great,
: hi-volume, light weight boat for camping, longer trips, etc. For now, it's
: nice and light, fast, acceptably maneuverable, and fun.

: Once we get photos developed, I'll post one. It was at the start of a roll,
: though, so it may be a bit ... ;-)

: Regards,
: Bill Graham

Consider a Shearwater Merganser for your hardchine greenlande style boat.

Very manuverable and very slick looking too.

Built one this past spring.

pete czerpak
albany, NY