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Re: From single to double
By:Bob Harding
Date: 4/12/1998, 11:02 pm
In Response To: Re: From single to double (Nick Schade)

I'm just back from a week long vacation. With all the time I had on the plane,I changed the numbers on the offset table. I added 10% to the vertical coordonates or the width(Thanks George)and 45% to the lenght. That should give me a kayak just under 25 feet long by about 24.5 inches. To check if the panels still fit and the dimentions are right, I will build a model of it with balsa wood. I have a box of the stuff in the basement. It cuts easy and glues fast with CA glue.

Talking about width... Lets say my double would be 24.5 inches wide. That's for the center of the kayak. But in a double nobody sits in there, the cockpits are more towards the ends where the boat is narower. Any way I guess I will see all that when the scale model is done.

Bob Harding

Messages In This Thread

Re: From single to double
Bob Harding -- 4/6/1998, 12:01 am
Re: From single to double
Nick Schade -- 4/6/1998, 6:31 pm
Re: From single to double
Bob Harding -- 4/12/1998, 11:02 pm
Re: From single to double
Shawn Baker -- 4/7/1998, 11:36 pm
Re: From single to double
NPenney -- 4/8/1998, 7:50 am