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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/10/2010, 7:04 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid (Niven Paine)

: Hi Michael
: Thanks for your comments. Meant to say its 4.4m x 53cm (15ft4in x
: 22in)
: I dont know the final weight but the frame weighed 8.0 kg when
: finished so some of that would be included in a stitch and glue
: equivelent and
: its probably 6 - 6.5 kg penalty considering the gunwalds would be
: needed plus the fiberglass for the joins.
: I suspect its about 18kg all up.
: Incidently I had the use of peelply suggested so tried that but
: wouldnt use it again. Maybe I should have used more epoxy. I
: laid it across the hull.
: The frames are 8mm and the bow and stern sections are 12mm ply.
: I used oakum for the deck as felt the 4mm pinus ply wouldnt bend
: through the curve.
: The frames ,bow and stern sections are as created in Kayak Foundry
: in terms of gunwald,waterline and the only change I made was a
: slight
: increase in the angle of the bow segment to avoid a 'droop nose'.
: Cheers
: Niven

Btw, I know I'm being picky, but it's gunwale.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Niven Paine -- 12/9/2010, 4:10 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Michael McMann -- 12/9/2010, 1:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Niven Paine -- 12/10/2010, 1:15 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Bill Hamm -- 12/10/2010, 7:04 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Niven Paine -- 12/10/2010, 2:58 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
dhwdaniels -- 12/12/2010, 5:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Doug S -- 12/10/2010, 11:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Bill Hamm -- 12/11/2010, 12:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Hybrid
Niven Paine -- 12/11/2010, 2:34 am