I was looking for a very small dinghy that I could take along on our 26' wooden sailboat, "Northern Light" when traveling on Lake Huron. I wanted something with a classic design that would row well and be easy to tow behind the sailboat. I settled on the "Polliwog" design as it was small and light enough to haul up onto the fore deck of the sailboat if the water got too rough. I built her in the spring of 1998 of marine grade plywood using WEST System epoxy, trimmed in solid oak. The oars are from the folks at Barkley Sound in Canada and she does row very well for a small boat. We named her "Aurora" and took her with us on a 300 mile trip from Bay City to Presque Isle and back in June of this year and was very happy with her.