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Re: Great Auk Offsets Question

Posted By: Nick Schade
Date: Wednesday, 17 March 1999, at 10:13 a.m.

In Response To: Great Auk Offsets Question (Stan Heeres)

The offsets are for the curved deck. For the peaked deck, just connect the Deck Peak numbers to the Sheer numbers with a straight line.

> Nick, or anyone who has built an Auk.

> I am looking at building one from the offsets in Nick's book. When looking
> at the drawings in the front of the book, the Great Auk shows two
> different decks. I am assuming the offsets later in the book are for the
> "rolled", or higher deck.

> Looking at the offsets, is it as simple as dropping the highest point on
> each section (ignoring the deck section)? The topmost point looks to be
> the one that begins to "come back".

> The reason I ask this is that in dropping the last point, the deck is
> lowered. How does this affect the kayak?

Messages In This Thread

Great Auk Offsets Question
Stan Heeres -- Tuesday, 16 March 1999, at 9:27 p.m.

Re: Great Auk Offsets Question
Nick Schade -- Wednesday, 17 March 1999, at 10:13 a.m.

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