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Re: baidarka modifications to Chesapeake 17LT
Posted By: Gordon Price In Response To: Re: baidarka modifications to Chesapeake 17LT (The Big Legume)
Date: Tuesday, 11 May 1999, at 2:09 p.m.
> Skin-on-frame is a very cost-effective way to build a kayak. If you were
> to build to a baidarka plan you would be more likely to gain the benefits
> of that design than if you modified a S&G boat. I have though very hard about that, and I ordered the Wolfgang Brinck book to take a closer look. I know I could build cheaper this way, but I also want to be done by the autumn season (the best time to kayak here in the SF bay area), and I think S&G gives me a better chance of doing that.> They also have relatively rounded
> bildges which the Chesapeake does not have. As I am relatively new to kayaking, the hard chines are a plus for me. What I may have to admit is that I like the look of the baidarka, but it is too much boat for me right now.A thought that occurs is to modify the Chesapeake with the baidarka stern only. I assume this would improve tracking, but not affect edge turns too much (the "rudder" would be mostly out of the water while on edge?) What affect does this stern shape have in following seas? It seems like there is more there to push against, but I don't know what that means in the water.
Regards, and thanks again for the info. Any way I go, this is going to be loads of fun.
Gordon Price
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