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Re: Other: Surfski Cockpit design.
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 4/22/2014, 1:11 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Surfski Cockpit design. (John Messinger)

But I cannot imagine how to do it, and still keep it light in weight. There would be a lot of tight radius curves. How would you keep strips against the forms? I suppose veneer would be much easier and give you a much greater selection of woods to choose from. But again holding it to the forms would be difficult.

I've been thinking about this since last year after Bjorn released the Spindrift surf ski plans. The cockpit is definitely the trickiest part.

To make the cockpit in strip I would simplify the design somewhat. It would look similar to Nick's plywood version. I'd use 1/8" thick strips. On the flat sides I'd run them from front to back (ie the strips are horizontal). I'd run the curved bottom from side to side. The strips on the back section could be run up and down.

I also wouldn't try and form it with the deck. I'd make separate male forms for the cockpit. I'd strip it strip it, sand and glass the outside (the interior side facing the hull), finish the interior (the exterior shown to the world) and then bond it to the deck. The seat area would be flat side to side so for comfort you'd have to cut and shape a piece of foam.

Even easier would be to cast a mold of someone's composite one!

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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