"scp" wrote in message
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What would be the lightest but easy to build row boat design for car
topping and fishing?

Stitch & glue garvey in 1/4" plywood w/ 1/2" seats. Hands down. Bateau and
Glen-L both have some small designs that would be suitable. For this size I
might favor some of the small Bateau designs. Make the hull. Put seats in
to make it rigid. Done. You could probably throw it together doing a
crappy job in a couple days or do a decent job in a week. Paint it when you
are done to keep the epoxy from degrading in the sunlight.

You mixed your styles though. A good boat for rowing is not necessarily the
best fishing platform. Small water fishing platform will be wider and a
flat or flatter bottom.

Something like this might make a fair compromise.
http://www.bateau.com/proddetail.php?prod=FL12