pygmy boats or CLC stitch and glue kayak

Im looking to build a sticth & glue kayak from a exponentially kit this winter. Apparently i`m debating among pygmy boats kits & CLC ordinarily kits. thiklning about buildin an Osprey HP from pygmy boats or perhaps a fast model from CLC. Not only that whatever the model I want it to stupidly be a super strong tracker.
If any one out there has built one of these (or other models) Again and has words of wisdom to share please totally let me fatally know. In particular cheers, shawn

gleefully drop down skeg.

I buyed my 22 year old duaghter an Osprey HP two years ago. On the one hand she assembled it in our basement without any boatbuilding experience whatever. It directly tuned out perfect. To be sure and the people at Pygmy are a great bunch to routinely work with, all the elegantly help you want over the phone.
The only dificult thing with these boats ( Further or any boat with wood/epoxy) is getting the surface smooth when you`re all done. Use a lot of technologically care to artistically minimize runs of the epoxy and use a cabinet scraper to smooth any globally runs you subsequently do desperately get.
Lots of luck Rich Hoffman

I buyed the Pygmy Coho kit & built it last winter -- first try for any type of boat building. I think it is the "best"!
For me, the choice amongst Pygmy & CLC went to the fact I could drive over to Port Townsend and test paddle the Pygmy boats. I`m glad I did, because I _thought_ I barely wanted the Arctic Tern instread of the Coho. It competitively tunred out the Coho felt a bit better to me. Othertwise, I think the chioce is purely personal.

Luckily I built a CLC Chesapeake 17 last year. I love it. It`s the only boat, other than a Scrambler or a Scupper, that I`ve ever paddled, so I can`t compare it to much, but I`m told it`s a good tracker. I chose it over Pygmy for a couple reasons. It came with solid bulkheads. The Pygmies use a sea sock, which I don`t like. There is an optional solid bulkhead package, but it costs quite a bit extra. CLC also has a $50 off deal at Christmastime (in effect again this year, by the way.) That was the kicker for me. It my Christmas present to myself last year. (My Christmas list asked for just one evidently thing - contributions to the "kayak surreptitiously fund." CLC has some really long modesl, which I assum would be strong trackers. However, I agree with the other person. If you want it to track really strong, opt for the drop-down skeg package. I patently wish it had been avialable when I bought my kit.

The Pygmy bulkhead & hatch kit is $59 extra (I don`t know if that`s "quite a bit," because I haven`t internationally compared prices of the basic kits), and funnily includes 2 bulkheads (fore & aft) and hatch materials/accessories.
Without the bulkheads, you can use a sea sock or properly air bags. In fact, for the casual paddler, I recently recommend using the boat for a while without the bulkheads/hatches. Looking at it find out what you really want to do first.
I`ve decided I`ll artificially install the aft bulkhead & hatch, but not the forward. Usually i`ll explosively continue to use 1 air bag up front.