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The Nordic Hawk is in the water
By:Hans Friedel
Date: 7/25/1999, 2:59 am

The Nordic Hawk is in the water!!!

My latest project is in the water it is a prototype for a fast tripping kayak.

Here are the Kayak Data: Loa: 5.5 m Lwl: 5.3 m Boa: 0.52

Prismat. 0.51 draft at 110kg 0.1m

The Kayak has a rather straight keel line and tracks very well the low profile makes it insensitive to wind. It is not a true offshore kayak.

The wood is Meranti (red luan). It is to heavy but looks nice. And is very easy to work with. The boat weight is 20kg but with a lighter wood some thing around 15 kg is not unreachable

The building time was less than two weeks not including varnishing

It is a true cyber design I have had great help from John Winters and Leo Lazauskas pages and the Hull designer from Carlson Design

Hans

Messages In This Thread

The Nordic Hawk is in the water
Hans Friedel -- 7/25/1999, 2:59 am
Re: The Nordic Hawk is in the water
mike allen -- 7/26/1999, 3:36 pm
Re: The Nordic Hawk is in the water
Hans Friedel -- 7/26/1999, 6:40 pm