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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/29/2011, 6:58 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

: Thanks! We wanted another small kayak so that my wife an I could
: each take one of the girls when they get tired of paddling their
: own. I built it rugged to withstand many years of abuse from
: rocks, branches and kids. It's made primarily with 1/2" ACX
: plywood and northern white cedar. I could have trimmed that 32
: lb weight down considerably. The floor, for instance, is
: 1/2" ply ACX (it was all I had left and didn't want to buy
: a whole extra sheet)! The extra epoxy needed to fill the
: Vectracloth added extra too (yes, I did apply a seal coat).

: STATS
: LOA = 13.0'
: LWL = 12.6'
: Beam,OA = 24"
: Beam,WL = 21.8"
: Draft = 4.5"
: Displacement = 225 lb
: Cockpit: 45" x 15"
: Weight = 32 lb

Btw, up early Dan?

I've got an excuse, I've got to finish the paddle blanks for the class today at noon, been sick all week and on so many pain killers that I wouldn't get near the bandsaw, feel better now :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectracloth Skin *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/28/2011, 5:17 am
pic of bare frame *NM* *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/28/2011, 5:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/28/2011, 7:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/28/2011, 8:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/29/2011, 6:26 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/29/2011, 6:56 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dave Gentry -- 1/28/2011, 10:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/29/2011, 6:12 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/29/2011, 6:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/29/2011, 10:56 am