"David Bosworth" wrote in message ...
I think your coming down a bit harsh on the guy, I have seen canoes and
those small squareish kayaks go through better water than that.

Those Kayaks and Canoes are probably closed in and full to the brim
with flotation bags. The Canoes are what they refer to as OC1. There
is some discussion amongst paddlers, with the way you are tucked into
the cockpit of an OC1 with a full deck, sprayskirt, and nothing but
you, your clothes and float bags in the boat, weather these are
actually canoes at all or just funny shaped kayaks that you kneel in
They are not the canoes you see on local lakes, and if they are
they are outfitted, as is the paddler, for those conditions, outfitted
in fact more like a kayak, but that is a discussion for another group.
Still the point is, this kind of water:
http://www.fishingnorthwest.com/imag...sdrftboat8.jpg
and open, flat bottom, 7 1/2 foot boats just don't match. Especially
if the boat does not have proper flotation.
Don't even get me wrong here, I just want to see the origional poster
get a boat *he* can use, and although, the fellow who built this boat
may be very comfortable in it in these conditions, I don' think the
average boater would find it to be the right tool for the job he
described, remember, he is looking for a driftboat for two.
Scotty, the usual suspect