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Re: Strip: How to cut an oval cockpit
By:Paul Sylvester
Date: 8/14/2013, 12:46 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: How to cut an oval cockpit (Tom Waddell)

You need to get plans for a cockpit shape. Look for standard keyhole for a skirt to fit right. They vary in length and width but all are pretty close to the same overall outside dimension when done. You can go with a built up ply coaming or strip. Buy Nick's book, it has all you need.

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Strip: How to cut an oval cockpit
Tom Waddell -- 8/13/2013, 4:12 pm
Re: Strip: How to cut an oval cockpit
Marc Upchurch -- 8/13/2013, 8:53 pm
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Tom Waddell -- 8/13/2013, 9:04 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/13/2013, 9:13 pm
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C Plunkett -- 8/14/2013, 8:22 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/14/2013, 9:59 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/13/2013, 9:48 pm
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Paul Sylvester -- 8/14/2013, 12:46 am
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Craig Robinson -- 8/14/2013, 4:22 am
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Sean Dawe -- 8/14/2013, 9:51 am
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Tom Waddell -- 8/14/2013, 11:40 am
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Tom Waddell -- 8/14/2013, 7:39 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 8/14/2013, 8:23 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/15/2013, 1:27 am
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Tom Waddell -- 8/15/2013, 5:58 pm
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Paul Davies -- 8/15/2013, 7:23 pm
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Mike Savage -- 8/16/2013, 7:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/18/2013, 2:08 am
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Sean Dawe -- 8/18/2013, 5:44 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 8/20/2013, 10:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/21/2013, 1:59 am
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John Messinger -- 8/21/2013, 9:20 am
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Mark Vander Horck -- 8/19/2013, 3:43 pm
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Mark Vander Horck -- 8/19/2013, 5:33 pm