The Millennium Double

The Fenn Millennium Double................ what's it like? good/bad/ugly.

Please give your experiences of this surfski, In general there's very few doubles in our part of the world (Northland, NZ) and I have only had one 80min paddle in an older V10 double which was fun in 2-3ft conditions.
A millennium double is for sale locally for $700nz, older glass with separate foot wells and fixed leg length. I'm thinking cut out the footwells and lower the hump with a local waka builder and I may have a good craft.

Is the hull worth the $$ and effort?? or am I trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear? (no dis=respect to Fenn as I realize good paddlers run riot on their Skis).

I have found little info on the web about the millennium including this by Dale Lippstreu -- www.surfski.info/reviews/story/289/revie...ko-elite-double.html

He only writes a short paragraph which doesn't rave about things, but he's mainly reviewing the new model.

Here AR_convert talks about modding the bucket and seems to find stability sweet-- www.surfski.info/forum/21-fenn/15422-fenn-millenium-double.html

Then there's this -- www.surfski.info/forum/1-general/7996-stability-of-doubles.html

We are experienced paddlers, both own swordfish having stepped back from elite boats.

C'mon you saffa's every video from your part of the world has multiple doubles and I know you all only paddle Fenn's :-p

Sounds like a lot of effort!

The Millennium double is really old tech these days. I suspect you'd end up with a very heavy boat - and possibly a compromised one since the hump is part of the design - it's part of the stringer and the longitudinal strength of the hull. These days most manufacturers have managed to lower the hump - but they're using new materials and higher quality construction.