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Re: Fastest Kayak / Design Freeware
Posted By: Paul J In Response To: Fastest Kayak / Design Freeware (Petewp)
Date: Thursday, 10 July 2003, at 12:54 p.m.
Hey Pete -
Sounds like you're entering the realm of K1's or surfski's. My Valhalla racing surfski is 18" max beam, 19'-5" long. Waterline beam is somtwhat less. The K1's I've seen are definitely skinny, unstable, light and fast. I don't know of design software but there are lots of sites for K1 and surfski paddlers out there. Here's a few to get you started.
http://www.advantagekayaks.com.au/index.html
http://www.falconkayaking.co.uk/index.html
http://www.sissonkayaks.co.nz/evoedge.htm
http://www.surfskis.com/models.html
http://www.surfski.ca (check out the pictures and movies)The width dimension you're talking about would be in the range of an olympic flatwater kayak - too narrow for any kind of 'wave' action. Strictly flatwater. Can't help you on design. Maybe take a Guillemot RBA and modify it for width.
Good luck!
: I'm playing with the idea of designing my own sitontop "wave-ski"
: type kayak.
: I want it to do nothing but be extremely efforless to paddel in fairly
: straight lines. Basically I want to do 5mph on 3.6 pounds of drag. Im
: willing to give up a lot to get this performance.: For now, Im considering a kayak with a 14" beam and about 18' plum.
: Basically, I want it to be the kind of kayak if you stop - you flop. A
: real speed machine that wants to do nothing but straight and fast on
: fairly flat water.: Any suggestions? And also, is there such a thing as kayak design
: "freeware"?: Pete
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