New concepts (plus to yaks/canoes I want for personal use) are prototpyed.

All my plans have a prototype that is an actual/similar design. Or are
in the process of being built. Example: The Swamp Girl was a custom
design request and then the builder built one and sent in pictures. I
expect pictures of the Buccaneer and Hiawatha in the next week or 2.

I have 3 other designs that are not currently shown being built that
I'll release once I have pictures of them.

So far I've had no incidences of a "bad design" (knock on marine
plywood). So when I release plans without actual pictures, I'm pretty
confident there will be no issues.

Real pictures of boats actually built give credibility to your designs.
Until you get a repuatation like Jacques Mertens, a new designer alomst
has to prove themselves.

BTW, I really like your War Canoe. Very cool lines!

--
Matt Langenfeld
JEM Watercraft
http://jem.e-boat.net/

Backyard Renegade wrote:

Nice report. Do you build and test all of your plans before selling
them? I ask cause I do not see finished hulls for many of the plans
you have for sale. In the interest of full disclosure I must note that
I too have a dozen or so sets of plans on the drawing board but only
sell two of them as those are the only ones which have been built
several times and extensively tested.
Thanks for your response, Scotty from SmallBoats.com