Agree that no one builds perfect boats. I think I would have needed a magnifying glass to find any little flaw worth talking about on my 4 Hemlocks because I don't remember the slightest disappointment on any of them. But that's just four boats.
Please don't take it personally but I may continue to challenge you and ask for
the background info behind some statements that you make. I had a career of technical data analysis and reporting and I can be pretty direct in trying to get to the substance behind conclusions and I'm also keenly interested in the available knowledge behind canoe topics like DY boats.
That hogging in my Peregrine was brought to my attention by Charlie Wilson who had a lenght of string he used to illustrate the gap. On my own I wouldn't have thought of it. Did it affect my paddling ?
Maybe as it tracked harder than my Heron ( see the original list) and that more than my MerlinII which I managed to break in Temagami going over what turned out to be a waterfall.
Just wasn't my kind of boat and why it got that shape I don't know
LDC said a few years ago he didnt go to vacuum infusion as his shop is rural and airy. Expense may have been a concern too.
Anyway my ex canoe and I keep in touch as its gone to Azle TX when a friend moved there
LDC builds tough canoes when I had it I fell in Chiniguichi and threw it off. down a little cliff . No harm done