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Re: Kayakcraft offset measurements
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 11/6/1999, 12:30 am
In Response To: Re: Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com (Jake Jacobson)

> I haven't read it completely but there are some things that I like better
> than the methods I"m using to build my guillemot. I do have a
> question for you guys. How do you read the offset tables. I don't get the
> numbers. It's pretty straightforward in Nicks book but these don't add up.
> What am I missing??

> Jake..

My best guess is that the numbers are for feet, inches and eighths of an inch., and they are separated by hyphens.

A plus sign after the combination seems to suggest going a 1/16th of an inch more.

Cousin Paul

Messages In This Thread

Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com
Tammy Hanks -- 11/4/1999, 11:05 pm
Re: Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com
Jake Jacobson -- 11/5/1999, 11:47 pm
Re: Kayakcraft offset measurements
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/6/1999, 12:30 am
Re: Kayakcraft offset measurements
Mike Scarborough -- 11/6/1999, 11:05 am
Re: Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com
Alan Resinger -- 11/5/1999, 8:38 pm
Re: Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com
T. Howard -- 11/5/1999, 1:07 pm
Re: Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com
Stan Woronko -- 11/5/1999, 10:58 am
Re: Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com
Mike Plumer -- 11/5/1999, 10:26 am
Re: Kayakcraft review on Amazon.com
lee -- 11/5/1999, 12:07 pm
Re: uh oh,in ones own backyard, again
lee -- 11/5/1999, 1:19 am