Late 2003
And it cost either $680 or $780 plus $60 shipping. Can’t remember which, though I could dig up the receipt somewhere.
Being realistic
I never felt any doom or gloom about the building process, though at times it was trying. But I knew it wouldn’t be easy.
Painting a rosy picture to unknown people of unknown abilities to work with their hands or follow directions sounds too much like sales hype to me.
Outstanding!! N/M
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Thanks.
And with a little patience, you can build one a lot nicer than mine.
Nice!
I like deck rigging and many wooden boat builders don’t usually put much on. But I’ll take the function of the rigging over the clean looks without it, but then again, I’m in engineering. 
Re: Rigging
This wooden boat was set up for expeditions and not for show, more or less a working boat. It has to be able to carry a spare paddle, compass, GPS, charts and fishing gear on deck. I may add perimeter lines for tripping. The Tern makes a great camping boat.
From the horse’s mouth
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Got the word from Pygmy that the instruction sequence that I have for taping the inner sheer seam are, in fact, correct. That said, it probably doesn’t hurt to bed tape from stem to stem.
fast?
what would be considered the fastest wooden boat out there? Just curious.
Paul
Coho Version 6/02…
…said "“Bed one layer of glass tape on the wet fillet of the shear seam from in front of the deck reinforcement plates in front of the cockpit to as far as you can reach aft of the cockpit. Let the epoxy harden and do the other side side.”
Ditto for my AT14.
I’m sure that experience showed them that doing it full length was a good idea and probably critical on the double.
This may come close.
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http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/gallery/Mystery/IMG_2803
http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/Building/Guillemot/MYPlans/index.html
damit man!
How in the world did you get that finish? Yow!
seriously
That boat is so fine. How did you get that mirror like finish?
It’s not mine…?
But I get a pretty good finish with several coats of varnish. Them sanding with 800 and 1200 grit sandpaper then power buffing with a medium and then a very fine compound. It just depends how much labor you want to do… There is also some two parts that you can spray…
It’s not that difficult…
to build your own boat.
I certainly wouldn’t want people to think that it’s harder than it is (it isn’t if you carefully follow the instructions – btw, I don’t know if you’ve built a Pygmy kit, but their instructions are pretty good). Building a kayak is definitely not beyond the capabilities of most people – I’d hate to paint a picture that says otherwise. I didn’t find it difficult to build one and I don’t consider myself any smarter or handier than the next person.
I’m not sure where you get the impression that my post came across as “sales hype” – I don’t sell Pygmy kits or have anything to do with the company other than being a very satisfied customer. Perhaps you just misunderstood my post.
Dan
http://www.westcoastpaddler.com