I’m still pretty excited about the potential for a two person boat. Has anyone seen the new Alpacka Forager? Something like that would be perfect.
http://www.alpackaraft.com/product/forager/
If I was designing one, which I don’t have the software to do, I’d make the side tube parallel with each other. Overall boat would be fatter like the Forager is. Then the more skilled DIY builders could add or subtract side tube length to make the boat the length they want. At some point the fabric and seams might start having limitations, but I don’t think we are there yet. Think someone that wants to fly in to an Arctic river and float it with two people and some gear. As a paddle boat or even perhaps a mini oar rig. Or small southwest canyon country rivers. Just things I’d want to do with one, exactly as the description on the web site for the Forager. Some raft floppiness isn’t going to bother me, rafts do that. It’d be the trade-off for a bigger boat..
As a longer/bigger boat, I’d be much less concerned with it having the “big butt” pointed tail although it still could. More traditional raft shapes would be fine with me, possibly a little easier to build with a wider/stronger seam.