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Re: Strip: Strip SURFSKI build
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 12/25/2014, 2:49 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Strip SURFSKI build (Bill Hamm)

There's a big difference between somebody having a design and knowing people who have built it and use it. On a kayak that is designed for a rudder and used for touring, you need to have a rudder that works and is preferably field repairable. I think that aft-mounted rudders are very ugly, not all that indestructible, and on the Great Lakes where our waves are so steep and swells are a rare occurrence, I don't think they'd be all that effective. Not to mention, if your design was intended to have a under-hull rudder, it's not like a rudder mounted 4 feet further aft is "effectively the same."

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Strip: Strip SURFSKI build
Kennneee -- 12/20/2014, 2:07 pm
Re: Strip: Strip SURFSKI build
Bill Hamm -- 12/20/2014, 3:05 pm
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Kennneee -- 12/20/2014, 4:31 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/20/2014, 3:20 pm
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Kennneee -- 12/20/2014, 4:33 pm
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John Messinger -- 12/20/2014, 9:33 pm
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Kennneee -- 12/20/2014, 10:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/20/2014, 10:28 pm
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Kennneee -- 12/21/2014, 7:01 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/22/2014, 10:32 am
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Kennneee -- 12/22/2014, 11:45 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 12/23/2014, 10:51 am
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Kennneee -- 12/24/2014, 7:12 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/23/2014, 1:40 pm
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Kennneee -- 12/24/2014, 6:57 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/20/2014, 10:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/21/2014, 8:35 pm
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Kennneee -- 12/22/2014, 1:30 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/21/2014, 12:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/21/2014, 1:42 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/24/2014, 9:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/25/2014, 1:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/25/2014, 1:14 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/25/2014, 2:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/25/2014, 8:03 pm
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Kennneee -- 12/21/2014, 6:56 pm