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Re: Surf Kayaks
Posted By: Shawn Baker In Response To: Surf Kayaks (Rick S.)
Date: Tuesday, 16 March 1999, at 10:33 p.m.
Hi again, Rick, I was discussing building a fiberglass whitewater kayak with a friend (whom incidentally I met on the Building BBS). He is a pretty serious boater, and was considering the same type of construction, but to build a squirt boat. We looked through the link that John Fereira posted regarding the "Gecko". My friend Joe said that instead of leaving the foam in the boat, one could cut around the glassed shell at the sheerline with a jigsaw. Then, the foam can be removed, and the hull and deck re-joined together with glass tape.
You could go for this type of construction, paddle the first prototype, and then you'd still have your mold for making a replacement or spare, or you could model the foam mold further and make improvements to the design.
Shawn
> 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.
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