: I pulled the mostly complete frame off the strong back this evening and tried
: it out. Getting my knees under the "masik" is much easier than I
: anticipated, I actually have a little room to spare. At 21" wide,
: getting into it when its floating will be another story...

My skin boats have a glass outside cover that's pretty tough, so I can enter them with them sitting on bottom then duck walk them off into deeper water. Not sure I'd want to abuse a conventional skin boat that way though

Bill H.