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Re: Strip: Just Paddled Mystery Kayak--Impressions
By:John Bell
Date: 9/27/2015, 5:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Just Paddled Mystery Kayak--Impressions (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

The design appears to be a flatwater racing design. As such, the boat will likely never like 2' waves even if it were stable enough. It looks very low volume. You would probably end up torpedoing through waves. Without a redesign of the coaming, you would likely swamp the boat pretty quickly in good sized waves.

While sponsons will provide some additional stability, a couple inches of foam noodle or similar size equivalent will not make it a stable boat. Stability is provided by volume, not by the perceived buoyancy of the material you use.

You could quickly try duct taping on some pool noodles to see what effect it has, but don't expect too much.

Wow--good to know. Thanks, Nick! (Guess I need to edit my reply from a minute ago.) Looks like I'll have to do some more thinking. I don't have many calm bodies of water near me. (There are calm days on the Potomac, but it's never truly flat.)

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Strip: Just Paddled Mystery Kayak--Impressions *PIC*
John Bell -- 9/26/2015, 2:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 12:52 am
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Tasos -- 9/27/2015, 2:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 4:01 am
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 5:13 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:47 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/27/2015, 5:25 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:33 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 9/29/2015, 10:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 11:53 am
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:45 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 9/30/2015, 9:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2015, 1:39 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/30/2015, 2:32 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 10/1/2015, 10:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2015, 1:47 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/30/2015, 5:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2015, 10:38 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 7:06 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 7:54 pm
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frankp -- 9/28/2015, 2:45 pm
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 6:49 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 9/27/2015, 7:09 am
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:50 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/29/2015, 2:23 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 5:32 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/29/2015, 6:09 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 6:11 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:41 pm
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scottbaxter -- 9/29/2015, 7:16 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 7:59 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/27/2015, 1:09 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 5:42 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:50 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/28/2015, 9:11 am
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 6:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 2:22 am
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scottbaxter -- 9/29/2015, 5:03 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 5:55 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 5:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 6:16 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/28/2015, 9:47 am
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 6:59 pm
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Jay babina -- 9/27/2015, 5:51 pm
outrigger?
Jay babina -- 9/27/2015, 5:48 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 8:26 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:28 pm
Re: outrigger? *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/27/2015, 9:35 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:52 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/28/2015, 8:19 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 10:25 pm
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Jay Babina -- 9/28/2015, 7:33 am
Re: outrigger?
Bill Hamm -- 9/28/2015, 8:49 am
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jameskretz -- 9/28/2015, 12:40 pm
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 7:04 pm