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Surf Kayaks

Posted By: Rick S.
Date: Friday, 19 February 1999, at 1:41 p.m.

I am a month from completing my Great Auk and have begun thinking of my next project. I live in Southern California and surf a bit, so am thinking of designing and building a surf kayak. Any ideas? It is interesting to note some terminology differences between surfboards and kayaks. Surfboards have rails, kayaks have chines; surfboards have scoop, kayaks have rocker; kayaks have skegs or rudders, surfboards have fins ( box fins or tri-fins). Anyway, I am thinking a kayak 10 feet long with lots of rocker in the front, relatively hard chines in the back with a cut-off stern for carving, single boxed skeg, smooth bottom and softer chines in the middle section and a round flat long board nose. Anybody kneel in these things as opposed to sitting?

I have access to 3D modeling software so developing cross sections for stripping won't be a problem.

Thanks for your input, Rick S.

Messages In This Thread

Surf Kayaks
Rick S. -- Friday, 19 February 1999, at 1:41 p.m.

Re: Surf Kayaks
Nick Schade -- Friday, 19 February 1999, at 2:36 p.m.

Re: Surf Kayaks
John Fereira -- Friday, 19 February 1999, at 2:46 p.m.

Re: Surf Kayaks
Shawn Baker -- Wednesday, 24 February 1999, at 11:31 a.m.

Re: Surf Kayaks
Mike Allen -- Sunday, 14 March 1999, at 2:08 p.m.

Re: Surf Kayaks
Shawn Baker -- Tuesday, 16 March 1999, at 10:33 p.m.

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