Long Lake

Named for the lake on the Kitsap Peninsula where Long Lake Wooden Boats began and where racers train in long narrow boats, this is a 20 ft 2 in plywood day boat that works either as a double kayak for two paddlers or as a single scull with a sliding seat rowing unit. She weighs about 48 pounds as a kayak, light for her length, with a 28 in beam, 8 1/2 in sides and a shallow V, parabolic hull whose midsection resembles an Aleut kayak's. Dave Kuperstein publishes full resistance figures for both setups.

The hull comes from a single 5 by 10 ft sheet of 4 mm okoume, with the deck from two 4 by 8 ft sheets of 3 mm. Hull panels are scarfed, glued and nailed to a tapered pine keelson, the ends are copper wire stitched, and the hull is bent into shape in two directions, a tortured plywood technique. He estimates about 120 hours to build, and the plans show where to place seats to balance her for one rower or two paddlers.