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Re: avoiding torturing plywood
By:Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks
Date: 9/1/1999, 1:18 pm
In Response To: Re: avoiding torturing plywood (Hans Friedel)

> Grant

> When you pre-chamber your decks do you use the same radius all along the
> deck. like a half tube?

> Hans

Depends on the boat. All of our kayaks have a different camber on the bow half than on the stern half, but each half has the same camber for the entire lenght (though it looks like less near the ends where the deck is narrower). The only odd portion is the transition from bow to stern deck camber which occurs at the cockpit area, but since we rough out the cockpit opening before we instal the deck halfs, this bends together quite easily. Hope this helps. Grant

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avoiding torturing plywood
Steve -- 8/30/1999, 4:50 pm
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Berkeley C. -- 8/31/1999, 3:58 pm
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John -- 8/31/1999, 9:26 am
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lee -- 8/30/1999, 8:44 pm
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Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks -- 8/30/1999, 6:43 pm
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Barry -- 8/31/1999, 5:29 pm
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Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks -- 9/1/1999, 1:22 pm
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Hans Friedel -- 8/31/1999, 4:58 pm
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Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks -- 9/1/1999, 1:18 pm
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Hans Friedel -- 9/1/1999, 4:40 pm
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Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks -- 9/1/1999, 10:58 pm
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Mike Scarborough -- 8/30/1999, 5:31 pm
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Dean Trexel -- 8/30/1999, 6:49 pm