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Re: Strip: guillemot deck stripped (finally)
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/15/2010, 12:55 am

: I just finished stripping the deck yesterday and cut out the
: cockpit recess today!

: Question.. After re-stripping for the recess should I cut out the
: cockpit hole before or after glass? My brain say before but I
: bet it doesn't matter.

: Also does anyone have any comments on building the recess with
: those knee braces built in (you know at the front of the cockpit
: protruding in)? Like are they usefull on the guillemot or is the
: recess itself good for this?

: Thanks

: dave g

Round ocean cockpit and then the whole deck is a knee brace :)

There's a reason that many of the Greenland kayaks had round coamings, also means if you wear a skirt it's tiny (mini-skirt).

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: guillemot deck stripped (finally) *PIC*
dave g -- 11/14/2010, 4:54 pm
Re: Strip: guillemot deck stripped (finally)
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:55 am
Thigh brace *PIC*
Allan -- 11/14/2010, 5:06 pm
Re: Strip: guillemot deck stripped (finally) *PIC*
Allan -- 11/14/2010, 5:05 pm
Re: Strip: guillemot deck stripped (finally) *PIC*
dave g -- 11/14/2010, 4:56 pm