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Re: Guillemot Strongback length?
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 3/27/1999, 9:54 am
In Response To: Guillemot Strongback length? (Jerry Vikla)

Page 175 gives the length as 14' 11"

> I finished lofting the patterns for a 17' Guillemot from "The Strip
> Built kayak" and can not find any length dimension for the
> strongback. My best calculations put it at 14'-11.5" but then the
> total form length is 16'-9 3/8". Is this the correct length for the
> forms to create a finished kayak of 17' or am I getting mixed up
> somewhere?

Messages In This Thread

Guillemot Strongback length?
Jerry Vikla -- 3/27/1999, 12:18 am
Re: Guillemot Strongback length?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/27/1999, 9:54 am