This is the Cape Ann Expedition from http://oneoceankayaks.com/
Hard to believe that this boat started from plain old boards from my local lumber yard, but the instruction manual by the designer Vaclav Stejeskal is excellent and easy to follow. Overall the experience was very enjoyable and I look forward to building my next boat.
June 9, 2007: Paddled Cape Ann Expedition 15 miles down the Colorado River (Redlands to Loma) in 1 hour 30 min with average speed of 9.1 MPH (max speed 12.4) with streamflow 8,270 cfs.
June 16, 2007: Paddled Cape Ann Expedition GPS 25.26 miles down the Colorado River (Loma to Westwater through Ruby and Horsethief Canyons) in 2 hours 47 min with average speed of 9.1 MPH (max speed 12.4) with streamflow 10,200 cfs.
NOTE. Bow of boat pounded four or five foot waves like a motor boat (bam bam bam). Never came close to having a wave hit me in the chest. Speed relative to waves about 10 MPH. How to paddle this boat through strong whirlpools at Black Rocks unknown, so I paddled slowly, but forward speed still around 8 MPH. Long bow of this boat sticks pretty hard in swirls and eddies of pushy water.
