: Hi All.
: I have posted recently about being in building isolation her in the
: SE of the UK.
: My oldest son Martin, 40 yrs. old, flew out today to join his wife,
: and will be
: (I think) in and around San Luis Obispo CA a little North of Santa
: Barbara for the
: next couple of weeks. We are going to build him a boat together
: when he returns.

: Are there any builders/paddlers in the area who could let him have
: a look at
: other completed sea kayaks to help him make up his mind what he
: would like.

: At present he has half shares in my guillemot with his brother and
: realy likes it
: but it would be a shame not to evaluate and consider some of the
: other excelent
: options available if the oportunity is there.

: Regards

: Les C.
Hi Les,
I'm slightly isolated but have muddled through.Also, not on the "west coast"so can't exhibit.I am primerily a paddler,with building tendancies.Please consider something completely different to the Guillemots, a Baidarka from Laughing Loon.I made a deliberate choice to make this boat first er and second for a specific purpose of sea passage making.Well, fairly long trips up to 50 km loaded up ,going more or less in a stright line,come what may.Firestar does this exceptionally well and is also very sea worthy.Not much seems to phase mine.They are easy [fast]to paddle in challenging conditions.
I am now building at ,what I think is , the opposite end of the spectrum. A boat to play in.A guilimott derivitive.I have deliberately made a choice to go to the extremes of design concepts,hopefully, to extract the benifits of each when the occasion arises.I am hoping the Petrel will allow me to learn how to play in the rough stuff,rather than to "just" coping with it.
My couple of pennies worth from Paul NZ.