Keep fighting the good fight! I really enjoyed reading your blog and I’m about the least handy person there is. So for all of us out there that weren’t real good with glue and C-clamps, don’t give up the ship!
Whoa whoa whoa! Is that where your username comes from, the mangetout peas?
No, my username comes from my tendency to eat all sorts of things, the peas are similarly named because you eat the whole pod, but I just thought it was a nice connection for a peapod-shaped green boat.
Thanks to those of you that have suggested modifications - I had one really good one by email - glue triangular-section foam wedges to the bottom panels to make a new flat bottom, then glass them over - it’s a fantastic idea, but I think possibly unworkable for this boat as it will make her even taller in proportion to her beam(width).
I’m going to build the outrigger - it will probably be another, somewhat smaller and simpler copy of the Snow Pea and will be foam-filled and sealed. I’m going to make it detachable (bolting on to the gunwales with wing nuts or something) and design it to be carried inside the boat when transporting it to the water.
That’s the same green my dad’s old wooden boat was painted. I didn’t think anybody else would use that color. 
Beautiful boat!
Go for the outrigger, I say.
I’ve been in in both Thailand and the South Pacific, and the native boats in both places are very similar, neither particularly seaworthy on their own. But while Thai “longtails” bob about all over the shop and are known to capsize in heavy seas, the Polynesian boats are solid as a rock, and steady enough to handle really severe surf.
And if you’re really clever, you can use polystyrene foam to make the outrigger, and it can double as a cool-box for beers.
Actually, it’s because when the boat tipped over, my son yelled “Man, Get out!”*
*[sup]not actually true[/sup]
BTW, the launch/sinking page (linked in sig) has been updated with some new, clearer photos of the boat in the water.
Also: video links now on page 7. Sadly there is no existing footage of the actual capsize event - this is a bit of a shame, as I could have sent it in to You’ve Been Framed for 250 quid.
That is awesome.
It took me forever to figure out why you picked that name… but very clever.