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Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 8/16/2012, 11:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak (ancient kayaker)

: It's difficult to get close enough to a horizontal window or
: viewing box to cut off the reflection of the bright sky in a
: kayak. What may work is a window in the bottom, between the
: legs, made so at an angle so you are looking into it more or
: less at right angles to the glass. Your body will tend to shade
: it, and you will then be looking in the direction you are going
: which will probably be more interesting, too. The boat will have
: to be rather beamier than usual in a kayak to allow space for
: the legs, of course. It will have to be below the waterline and
: arranged so air is purged.

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If the water is cold enough to cause condensation, a plastic window may help . . .

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Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak
IgnorantWanderer -- 8/15/2012, 6:34 pm
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Allan -- 8/15/2012, 7:07 pm
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scottbaxter -- 8/15/2012, 10:20 pm
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Paul Davies -- 8/16/2012, 6:13 pm
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Will Nettles -- 8/16/2012, 8:32 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2012, 11:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2012, 11:06 pm
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IgnorantWanderer -- 8/17/2012, 9:04 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/17/2012, 11:11 pm
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IgnorantWanderer -- 8/18/2012, 1:30 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/18/2012, 3:29 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 8/18/2012, 4:33 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/19/2012, 5:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:40 am
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John Abercrombie -- 8/20/2012, 2:21 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/17/2012, 11:16 pm
Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 8/18/2012, 2:02 am