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Fishsalmon, I guess if you think that the novi 23 will carry you safly through those waters it should be good for Lake Champlain. We get some pretty severe storms in our lake but not as severe as you describe. I am building a barn/boat shop right now and the boat is next. Best of luck with your proj...

I am also considering the novi 23 or the de 23. I would like a bit more enclosed space than the novi 23 offers but guess I could enclose the helm and make it a small pilot house. Where are you? Near the mouth of the Susquehanna? Havre de Grace? I will be heading down that way in the late spring, wou...

thanks Jacques, one more question, and I think I know the answer to this, but would it be possible to make the pilot house smaller, I don't need quite that much room but would like to have a smaller galley and maybe eliminate the dinette and have another forward facing seat there with a small counte...

I have asked this question before and apologize for asking it again, but I want to order plans and I need to know just one thing before I make a choice between de 23 and novi 23. My question is: what is the dimension of the step down into the pilot house from the cockpit in the de 23? I understand f...

Jacques, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My concern is will I still have standing headroom in the cockpit if I extend the roofline straight back, the description of the de 23 says that the pilot house floor is lower than the cockpit decl in order to give 6' 2...

Thanks Joel, I think I am logged on now,
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