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Re: Strip: SOF to Strip
By:Don Goss
Date: 12/29/2011, 6:20 pm
In Response To: Strip: SOF to Strip (bill padin)

I used new forms placed one foot apart. It worked well for me. A couple things I noticed that I might change if I were to do it again was that the strip built kayak didn't flex when sitting in it in the water and the tracking was a little bit stiffer, and the stripper had less primary stability due to my center of gravity being a little bit higher due to no flex in the hull and my butt didnt sink below the bottom of the hull. Next time i might a little bit more rocker and make the hull a little bit wider. Here is a link to the process I used.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/477236240nJEmgt

: OK so I admit to it - I have the bug.

: Boat #1 was an SOF F1, #2, a strip Cape Ann Storm, is about
: finished, and I am looking towards #3. I have seen some lovely
: examples of strip kayaks built from SOF designs.

: My question to those who have done these is do you use the wider
: spaced SOF forms or do you interpolate the offsets to create
: more closely spaced forms to get a better hull shape? Is it this
: simple or should I consider loading the offsets into a CAD
: program and let it do the curve smoothing?

: Happy New Year to all and may 2012 be a safe and wild year,

: Bill

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Strip: SOF to Strip
bill padin -- 12/28/2011, 6:25 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 12/28/2011, 8:41 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 12/28/2011, 8:55 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/28/2011, 9:22 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/29/2011, 6:10 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/29/2011, 11:01 am
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Ken Blanton -- 12/29/2011, 5:58 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/29/2011, 6:18 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 12/29/2011, 6:58 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/30/2011, 12:42 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/30/2011, 12:44 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/31/2011, 2:57 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 12/31/2011, 7:26 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/31/2011, 8:54 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/1/2012, 12:39 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/1/2012, 5:44 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/1/2012, 6:26 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/1/2012, 6:45 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/1/2012, 9:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:49 am
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Ken Blanton -- 1/2/2012, 9:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 3:28 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/29/2011, 3:08 pm
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Don Goss -- 12/29/2011, 6:20 pm