Kayak Building Bulletin Board

Other: chine keels

Posted By: Acors
Date: Wednesday, 29 August 2007, at 5:31 p.m.

Im trying to decide if would be worth to go on with an hull with soft chines, that on the paper looks good, or changing the design a bit with harder chines, then to same myself the trouble of fixing up the drawings, it came in my mind the idea of going with it as it is reinforcing a bit the chines inside the hull and eventually add a strip along the chines for a portion in the mid-aft section. This would be on top of the fiberglass so that the strip its almost sacrificial.
I cant really figure out if it would be worth it, any experience on this, or thoughts?

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