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Re: Skin-on-Frame: More questions....Who knew!
By:Sean Dawe
Date: 9/2/2012, 10:22 am

: Sean,

: Which Yost design is your craft please?

: I am at about the same stage with my Sea Cruiser as the craft in
: your pic [except for the actual coaming].

: Did you have the cockpit coaming made and available at the time you
: installed your deck beams? I am concerned at ending up with an
: unsightly bump/bulge in the skin (will be 9.8oz ballistic nylon
: + Corey's Goop) caused by the foredeck beams being proud of the
: frame at the fore end of the cockpit (Frame #3) and not
: "faired-in" with the coaming or coaming ring.
: I think now that I should have continued my deckbeams aft of Frame
: #3 to meet the as-yet-not-built coaming and/or left the
: deckbeams unglued until the coaming was there to check the
: fit-up.

: Sean, if you have a lengthy response with lots of pics then please
: email me at mcbunny09@gmail.com

: [Sorry Stefalo for hijacking your thread to some extent]

: Cheers from Martin Bunny,
: Mandurah, Western Australia

The boat I built was the Disko Bay. It's a traditional design that was adapted for fuselage-style building by Dave Gentry.

I created a number of blog entries on the build process - starting with this one: http://justyakkin2.blogspot.ca/2011/06/distinct-possibility.html There's lot of pictures and stuff that may be of help to you.

I made the coaming after I had everything framed up.

Sean

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: More questions....Who knew!
stefalo -- 8/30/2012, 5:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More questions....Who knew!
Chuck Smith -- 8/30/2012, 10:34 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/30/2012, 11:56 pm
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stefalo -- 8/31/2012, 1:19 am
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ancient kayaker -- 8/31/2012, 10:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More questions....Who knew! *PIC*
Sean Dawe -- 8/31/2012, 7:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More questions....Who knew!
stefalo -- 8/31/2012, 12:55 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More questions....Who knew!
Martin B -- 9/1/2012, 10:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More questions....Who knew!
Sean Dawe -- 9/2/2012, 10:22 am