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Re: Other: Surfski Cockpit design.
By:Craig
Date: 4/19/2014, 5:14 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Surfski Cockpit design. (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

As Nick mentions, the seat area of your cockpit should be filled up with your rear end. So much so that little water should end up in the seat area.
The cockpit area is the most challenging part of a surfski build. Since I was making it up as I went, I decided on a large seat area so that I could adjust my seating position for and aft. I am still playing around with the seat height, at the moment I'm about 3" above the bottom. I would like to reduce that height but I made the leg hump too high.
If I were to build another surf ski, I would probably make it as an open cockpit kayak rather than try and build a timber surfski cockpit . I would still add a leg hump to separate footwell and seat but would use foam to reduce cockpit volume.

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Other: Surfski Cockpit design.
John Messinger -- 4/18/2014, 10:03 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/18/2014, 10:18 am
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John Messinger -- 4/18/2014, 10:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/18/2014, 7:08 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 4/19/2014, 3:06 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/18/2014, 11:43 am
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John Messinger -- 4/18/2014, 12:03 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/18/2014, 12:06 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/18/2014, 12:04 pm
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Craig -- 4/19/2014, 5:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2014, 6:16 am
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Paul Hansen -- 4/20/2014, 3:01 am
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Paul Hansen -- 4/20/2014, 3:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2014, 12:25 am
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Paul Hansen -- 4/21/2014, 12:55 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/21/2014, 10:15 am
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John Messinger -- 4/21/2014, 12:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2014, 12:28 am
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John Messinger -- 4/22/2014, 8:14 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/22/2014, 1:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 12:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2014, 12:30 am
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John Messinger -- 4/20/2014, 6:05 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 11/28/2015, 4:58 pm
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/28/2015, 7:28 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 11/29/2015, 4:55 am
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/29/2015, 6:30 am
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Craig -- 11/30/2015, 2:36 am
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Allan -- 11/30/2015, 4:14 am
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/30/2015, 6:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2015, 7:31 am
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 12/3/2015, 9:27 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/3/2015, 3:11 pm
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 12/3/2015, 9:21 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/4/2015, 4:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2015, 12:18 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/6/2015, 5:35 am
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Ken Blanton -- 12/6/2015, 5:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2015, 12:36 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/7/2015, 4:46 am