Good luck on the future kayaker!
We went to look at the canoe molds today and are going to buy them. My partner on this is an outfitter on a local river who needs another 20. We should be manufacturing after the first of the year. I am kind of excited because of the possibilities of producing a low cost fiberglass canoe, sold only through channels such as Craigslist or any other free forum. (There is no intent on advertising, sorry if misconstrued as such). My hope, is to learn how to dupicate the Dirigo after a while, and maybe produce them if research shows that it would not be an infringement on a patent.
We paddled Sunday on the Gasconade, a local river for 14 miles, scared a flock of about 50 turkeys (not exaggerating), watched a Falcon dive bomb and try to eat a wood pecker, and about 5 Bald Eagles. Apparently, Bald Eagles are becoming more populated in our area, because we see them every time we go out to float now. One thing we don't understand is why the map says the float is a 9 mile, but the GPS says 13.8? We have this discrepency every time and some times it is shorter, other times longer.