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S&G: Reducing deadrise
By:charles w
Date: 4/15/2003, 6:19 pm

Hallo!
Yeah, so, ok, I messed up a little on my Cormorant. My deadrise is 2" instead of 1 1/2". This makes her a bit tippy... What can I do about it now?

Ideas:
1: take classes on rolling and get used to being wet most of the time
2: use training wheels until I get used to the tippiness or am a bit more stable myself
3: using something like a dado, cut a strip out of the hull and stitch 'er back together tighter - with less deadrise

Problems (numbers are respective):
1: Cost, I guess.
2: Tee hee. All of the other 'yakers will laugh and point! :) And it'll slow me down a lot. And I won't be able to turn as well...
3: Youch! But, she's already DONE! I don't think that the sides will move that much - I used a lot of resin...

I guess I'm leaning towards a combination of 1 and 2... Any other brilliant ideas? She is the one at the bottom in Andy's cormorant thread...
http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi/read/81922

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Reducing deadrise
charles w -- 4/15/2003, 6:19 pm
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 4/16/2003, 11:02 am
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
charles w -- 4/16/2003, 11:25 am
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
Tom Yost -- 4/16/2003, 12:02 pm
whats deadrise?
martin -- 4/16/2003, 2:11 pm
Re: whats deadrise?
Dave -- 4/16/2003, 10:10 pm
Increasing the rocker?
charles w -- 4/16/2003, 11:03 pm
Re: Increasing the rocker?
West -- 4/17/2003, 2:17 am
Re: Increasing the rocker?
charles w -- 4/17/2003, 8:01 am
Re: whats deadrise?
Tom Yost -- 4/16/2003, 4:24 pm
Re: whats deadrise?
Jeff The Tall -- 4/16/2003, 4:04 pm
Re: whats deadrise?
James Nixon -- 4/16/2003, 3:14 pm
re:
Brian Ervin -- 4/16/2003, 2:52 pm
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
Jeff The Tall -- 4/16/2003, 1:34 am
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
Jim Kozel -- 4/16/2003, 8:19 am
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charles w -- 4/16/2003, 10:24 am
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srchr/gerald -- 4/15/2003, 7:21 pm
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
ChrisO -- 4/16/2003, 12:49 am
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
charles w -- 4/16/2003, 10:28 am
tippy?
charles w -- 4/15/2003, 10:10 pm
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
John D. -- 4/15/2003, 7:02 pm
Re: S&G: Reducing deadrise
charles w -- 4/15/2003, 9:15 pm
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John D. -- 4/16/2003, 1:06 am