If you want a lightweight utililty boat with a nice turn of speed and easy handling, build "Banta". A boat like this has a lot to recommend it--simple, inexpensive construction, a one-man weight of less than 150 lbs., practically leakproof--she's a smooth easy boat on any man's river. Good for rough water too. The vee-bottom of "Banta" makes her a much better rough-water boat than conventional flat-bottom plywood construction.
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