The boat was built based off of plans for Chesapeake Light Craft's Cape Charles model.  It is constructed of Lloyds of London marine certified Okoume mahogony ply using West System Epoxy.  All hull seams are glassed inside and out.  The outside of the hull is coated with a two part epoxy primer for wear resistance.  The boat is painted with Brightsides Yacht Finish British Racing Green hull and deck.  The boat is about 17' 2".  It is hard chined. Chine to chine measurement is about 19 inches, the measurement across the deck  at the cockpit is about 22 inches. These dimensions give it a very high secondary stability.  When I built the boat I constructed it with more rocker for maneuverability.  The combination of rocker and hard chines allows you to turn the boat just by leaning on one of the chines.  The bow and stern keel sections are built with dynel and graphite skid plates to protect the boat during landings.

The boat has a skeg, which I rarely use.  I used a heavier gauge of stainless cable for the skeg than is found in production skegged boats.

The hatches are VCP.  The front hatch is an 8 inch round, the rear hatch is the VCP oval.  Both hatches are recessed into the deck to provide no obstructions to wind, waves, or rescues. 

The boat is equipped with perimter deck lines and recessed deck line fittings for use during assisted and self rescues.  The deck lines have beads placed along them to lift them off of the deck to aide a person in grabbing the lines.  This has worked particularly well in temperatures where the water freezes on deck or I am using gloves.  These lines are strong enough that you can carry the boat by the deck lines.  Bungees are fitted on the fore deck, and the back deck is rigged to carry a spare paddle, either greenland style or euroblade. A drummer's braid painter (bow line) is fixed to the bow.

The rear deck is flat to aide in lay back rolls.  I built the bow with more height than the CLC plans to provide a drier ride and better handle waves.  The boat is balanced well.

The bow and stern storage spaces are large enough to weekend camp out of the boat.

The boat does not have foot pegs.  It is built so that my feet rested on the forward bulkhead.  This provides better foot bracing than production foot pegs, increases storage space, and decreases the amount of water that can fill the cockpit during a wet exit and rescue.  My inseam is 34 inches.  Someone with a shorter inseam would add closed cell foam to make up the difference. 

The boat paddles efficiently at touring speeds and has excellent maneuverability.  The boat rolls well.  I have paddled this boat in all types of conditions from calm to gales to weekend camping trips with good results.