Chuck Leinweber owns and operates the excellent small boat on-line magazine and chandlery, Duckworks duckworksmagazine.com. He also organizes and hosts the Texas200 texas200.com.

While at the Texas200 this year, he told me about the Laguna. The Laguna was designed along the lines of a Super PDR specifically for the Texas200. First off, it needed to be cheap and easy to build. It needed to carry 2 people and gear for a week as well as be reasonably fast, able to handle the shallow waters of the Gulf.

Chuck went to legendary boat designer Jim Michalak (like mechanic but with an 'al') and the Laguna was born.