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Thanks guys, Steve it is bloody good to be back mate. :D Just a few more images from the day. Me & Lil Miss Sasha My Sasquatch (i love this canoe!) Heading Home Miss Suzie

and we paddled about 5 klms to our lunch spot just below the second wier wall A bite to eat, cup of tea and a chat, several swims in the warm water, :D and Miss Suzie decided she would like to try a laker. :D she loved it! and suddenly, I had a new paddling buddy, Lil Miss Sasha...

G'day guys, been a while since I paddled or posted much so here is a lil trip report from yesterday. My friend Suzie has two kids, Sasha - 10 and Sam - 14. Niether have paddled a real kayak before and Suzie only has a plastic sit on top. All have been busting to try my boats so yesterday we...

G'day Guys, Check out my new tent. There is a little video on erecting it - takes about 3 minutes :D http://www.blackwolf.com.au/turbo-lite/turbo-lite-plus/

Yes mate. Now that I have nothing to keep me home, I am up for anything. The places we like to fish are very similar and I hear you about getting in and out of a kayak. the relatively narrow beam of either of these boats combined with their flat bottom should make them ideal for our needs...

Dave, i have been studying this boat for some time. I think it is very doable with 4mm ply and fully encapsulated in epoxy and 6oz cloth. it is only 882mm wide. i would be looking at running a keel for support or a couple of runners. Like Chuck, I love the bayou skiff and am about to start a...

G'day Topwaterboy and welcome aboard mate. :D This is the beauty of building our own. We build them the way we want to. We take a proven design and make it our own to suit our individual needs. I think you have built a fine boat here and one that will last you for years. Good job mate.

Waa Waa Waa, Sook moan whine, Ya can have about 30 of my degrees if you like mate. No problem :D My plans arrived yesterday and I spent a whole 20 minutes studying them. Man are they simple! 3 sheets of ply - a few sticks of pine for ribs and a couple of gunwhales. I just can't wait to get...

Peanuts, jerky,Bintang - allsorts of tasy things that just sort of go with the holiest of waters -- beer. :D

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Thanks mate, I like them all, pretty much equally. A lot depends on my mood of the time, the prevailing weather conditions etc and what I am looking for. More and more, however, I am tending towards my open canoe and fresh water rivers and creeks. Mainly for comfort and convenience of loading...

Jack, i don't think any of us have missed the point you were trying to make mate. We just adapt our boats and paddling styles to best fitoour respective needs. I think I am blessed in that i seem to have opportunity to paddle pretty much all of the mentioned paddling environments here (or...

Geez I love this place. I had forgotten just how much fun it is to hijack a thread. :D Bently mate, freedom or laker will suit your needs - no problem at all. so will just about ANY of Matts other designs. At a guess, i would call the laker as the easiest to build with freedom running close...

Dang! i just ordered the plans for this one. :D Mine will be a lil different than Chucks (different purposes) and not as pretty but oh boy, here here we go again. 8) Bloody good to be back

G'day John Thanks for the kind words mate. Your Laker is perfect for the places you fish and if the pastic SOT barge mob stopped for a moment to actually think about what they were doing, they would realize the same thing. They look at our wooden kayaks with scorn, untill they see us oh so...

Rone, First up mate, your points are well thought out and well made and I agree with them to a degree. I was merely trying to add my thoughts to the original question posed here. I would liken the comparion between the two boats (Laker and TV) to that between a pick up truck and a small SUV...

Bentley, I am 6 feet tall and 200 pounds (90kgs) and the seat as designed is perfect for me. I built the Laker 13 and am probably at or near the upper weight range for this boat. Have a think about Laker 14 or 15 if you are around my size or bigger. as in all kayaks, the seat needs to be as...

G'day Bentley and welcome aboard mate. I built the prototype Laker and also a TV for a friend. I have paddled both and performance wise there is just no comparison between the TV and Laker. TV is a superb boat in every aspect but she still is a pirogue, albiet a very flash one with increased...

Holi Smoke! :shock: :shock: :shock: You blokes are seriously hard core! Oh man! I sooo wanna do a trip like that with you crazy buggas. Bloody great report guys. Loved every word of it. :D

Chuck, Do you mind a few questions mate. Your skiff is driving me nuts! I very nearly bought the plans yesterday. LOL Trying to be strong here, but I think resistence is useless. LOL With your other pirogues, you have glued the bottom on with the hull inverted. Why are you doing this one...