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Re: Speaking of WRC 2x4's...
By:Joe
Date: 12/17/2004, 1:21 am
In Response To: Speaking of WRC 2x4's... (Robert N Pruden)

Pygmy Boats in Pt. Townsend Wa makes several multi chine kits. They are well designed boats. If building their kits though, bulkheads and hatches are extra. I built a 13' coho for my daughter and it's pretty nice. I too am thinking about building another boat for several reasons. One, a chance to buy more tools. :) Two, another boat means it's easier to get a paddle partner. Three, it's just fun to build a boat. Just a footnote, my hard chine shearwater does fine in the waves.
: I was walking through RONA yesterday and spotted a knotless WRC 2x4x10' for
: only 10$ CDN. I'm stopping by there tonight to pick it up. I gave away the
: GP I carved out of WRC this summer. The person who got it was a paddler I
: met who was using two natty old canoe paddles wingnutted together. His
: paddling clothes were literally rags but he was happy to be out there so I
: helped him out a little. I carved the blades on that GP flat so I was ok
: to lose it for a good cause. Flat blades make a lot of noise. I'll carve
: the new one with thicker more rounded blades.

: Donnie, at Waters Dancing sells the Solace series of kayak that has more
: chines than my Lightning. The effect of more chines (4 in all, if I
: remember correctly) is that when finished it looks way more rounded and
: feels so. The Solace even has better primary and secondary stability that
: the Lightning. Maybe that's a way to go without getting into stripping.
: Then again, there ain't nuttin wrong with a little stripping if it's done
: right. Sorry for being a bad influence - that's my parent's fault, they
: made me.

: Don't you see how this works - you just came up with a new reason to build.

: ;-) Robert N Pruden

Messages In This Thread

S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Patrick, Kentucky -- 12/15/2004, 10:49 pm
64 lbs here w 5 mm ply, 6 oz glass both sides *LINK* *Pic*
Henk Aling -- 12/19/2004, 11:20 am
Re: 64 lbs here w 5 mm ply, 6 oz glass both sides
LeeG -- 12/19/2004, 12:12 pm
Re: Hurry now, pay later
pikabike -- 12/16/2004, 1:35 pm
So when you gonna build your next project, Pike?
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 2:04 pm
Re: You are a bad influence
pikabike -- 12/16/2004, 3:19 pm
Speaking of WRC 2x4's...
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 7:24 pm
Re: Speaking of WRC 2x4's...
Joe -- 12/17/2004, 1:21 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
CFronzek -- 12/16/2004, 12:23 pm
So THAAAAAT'S why it's called 6-oz glass
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 2:01 pm
45-lbs tops for a 16'er
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 10:13 am
Re: 45-lbs tops...Off Topic (slightly) for Robert
Gayle Rhodes -- 12/16/2004, 12:49 pm
Re: 45-lbs tops...Off Topic (slightly) for Robert
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 1:59 pm
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Joy -- 12/16/2004, 9:31 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Mike Scarborough -- 12/16/2004, 9:13 am
over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
LeeG -- 12/16/2004, 10:12 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
JohnT -- 12/19/2004, 8:58 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
LeeG -- 12/19/2004, 11:17 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
JohnT -- 12/19/2004, 6:26 pm
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
LeeG -- 12/16/2004, 1:59 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Randy Ricchi -- 12/16/2004, 8:30 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Chris Ostlind -- 12/16/2004, 12:14 am
I think that was Chip, Chris, pas de moi
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 10:15 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why? *Pic*
Lloyd E. Peterson -- 12/15/2004, 11:32 pm