Back in the day I had a couple J-boats I didn't trust myself to keep upright and I also had a great little dog that loved to paddle and I felt guilty every time I took the j-boats out for training paddles. I wanted something in between a fast tripper and a USCA C1 and couldn't find anything that fit the bill so I set out to design and built one. Worked out quite well and is a nice boat to paddle. I gave it some rocker so it would be more friendly on the river and flared the gunwales forward of the paddling position to give me dog room to sit. I think it would make a great MR340 hull as it's quite fast but much more relaxing to paddle. I was out of racing before I could put that to the test though.
Alan
