Hugh says:

No... it's 2 adults, 5 kids, two dogs, plus a long list of gear. that's what
he said in the original post.

Yup. I was really just mentally totting up the weight and equating it to
multiples of easily-imagined weight units ;-)

17ft does sound small, but 20 feet should do it. Rowing that weight is not
that painfull with two grown folks doing the work. I have been quite happy
rowing my sister and two grown children around in an 18' whitehall-type boat.
Adding another adult and two small kids shouldn't be too bad if the other adult
is working too.

Steve
Stephen C. Baker - Yacht Designer
http://members.aol.com/SailDesign/pr...cbweb/home.htm