first build -- Vardo? living on Maine coast

[pakalolo]

I have wooden boat building experienence and am thinking of tackling a SOF.

I'll build my girlfriend's first and then mabe pick another model.

The Vardo seems to be recommended quite a bit.

I'm interested in something that can carry some weight and that has hatches. Do the Vardo plans come with hatch diagrams and whatnot?

I didn't see any of the other models mention that they had hatches.

There is no surf on the coast here. I'm interested in a designed that is good for the ocean and that I can take in a river and that has some hatches. Am I asking for too much? I honestly don't know. What models can you all recommend?

Thanks

[Kudzu]

None of the plans include hatches, it's just something you add if you want. There really pretty straight forward to install. There is a link that shows the highlights of installing them. They really are simple to add.

http://www.kudzucraft.com/articles/hatches/

I won't recommend any of my boats for the Ocean because I don't live on the ocean or have any experience in it. So I just don't know how they would do. They may be great or just adequate or even miserable. I just don't know.