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Re: Strip: Cockpit
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 5/31/2012, 2:07 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Cockpit (Mike)

: I haven't figured out to post a pic properly yet. :(

: You have to click on the link.

:
: http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz279/NewMenessis/CockpitCutouts.jpg

: I did the half pattern and flipped it. It looks longer then I
: thought it would be too. It's around 36" long.

: I'm just getting to the part of the deck where I want to run a dark
: strip from the center line down around the cutout and back to
: center line aft. I'm using the pattern to help me judge where to
: put that strip.

: But need to know what the pattern looks like for sure at some
: point.

: Mike

Not sure if you realize- you may, but it wasn't clear in your question- the outer lines are the cockpit recess. You cut it first and then glue in strips to make it flat. Then you cut out the inner pattern to make the cockpit. That part the lip tapers forward but should be rounded off at the front. What I ended up doing is buying the sprayskirt I wanted, measuring it, and then using Ross Leidy's "Kayak Foundry" from Blue Herron Kayaks to design the cockpit template that fits my sprayskirt. The sprayskirt fits perfectly.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Cockpit
Mike -- 5/31/2012, 1:41 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
Mike -- 5/31/2012, 1:48 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
Sean Dawe -- 5/31/2012, 1:57 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/31/2012, 2:07 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
Sean Dawe -- 5/31/2012, 2:19 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
Mike -- 5/31/2012, 4:34 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 5/31/2012, 6:05 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
John Abercrombie -- 5/31/2012, 7:07 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
Etienne Muller -- 6/1/2012, 3:48 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit
Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2012, 2:33 am