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By:John
Date: 1/24/2003, 10:17 am

Let me give you a couple of sites I came across during my research. Let me say that I have not built these, nor have I built any sort of Kayak, but I want to and I want to start with a cheap and easy to build one. These seem to fit those requirements.

http://www.thewoodshop.20m.com/kayak1.htm

http://www.qsl.net/wa1urb/98.html

John

: I am a teacher at a high school in Maine. I'm an advisor for the outing club,
: and want to get the club involved in sea kayaking. We (the students and a
: couple teachers) will be building some kayaks for the club to use, and I'm
: looking for some suggestions on what kind of kayaks we should build. Some
: things to consider: *The kayaks will be used on a nearby small lake for
: training, and on sheltered area's off Maine's coast for weekend camping
: trips. They will be used by relatively inexperienced kayakers (high school
: students, most of whom will have zero experience when they first start
: kayaking with the outing club).

: *During Spring vacation we will take over the entire cafeteria for building,
: so we will have plenty of space. But we will only have one week! We can
: build small parts before the vacation, but anything that requires a lot of
: space has to be done during that one vacation week.

: *It would be good if we could build folding kayaks, because we are planning a
: trip to the Sea of Cortez a year from now, and it would be nice if we
: didn't have to rent kayaks there. But folding kayaks seem too challenging.

: *The construction will be paid for by the high school students. Cost is a
: very big concern. The cheaper, the better.

: *Most of the people involved in construction have no building experience.
: They are intelligent and motivated....but not experienced.

: I'm thinking we should build doubles because it seems that taking a group of
: high school students out in doubles is safer than taking the same group
: out in singles. I think SOF kayaks are probably better, because we can
: make a lot of the parts before the vacation starts...and then put it all
: together during the vacation.

: Looking over this site, I am very intrigued by Tom Yost's FAP designs,
: especially the "Combi" folding double (it would be nice if we
: had some single kayaks for training purposes, and doubles for weekend
: camping trips).

: So I have basically two question.

: 1) What kind of kayaks should we build?
: 2) Are there any specific designs you would recommend?

: Arthur Ruff

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one week
Arthur Ruff -- 1/18/2003, 6:53 pm
Take a look at These
John -- 1/24/2003, 10:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w
Topher -- 1/22/2003, 11:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w *LINK*
Ron Friedman -- 1/21/2003, 7:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/21/2003, 12:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w
Travis Kinchen -- 1/20/2003, 10:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w
Greg Hughes -- 1/20/2003, 6:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w
srchr/gerald -- 1/19/2003, 12:04 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 1/18/2003, 10:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w
sage -- 1/22/2003, 3:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Building 5 SOF doubles in one w
Tom Yost -- 1/22/2003, 5:52 pm