Date: 9/27/1999, 6:27 pm
My 7 year old son and I just built a Glen-L Kidyak, and have had many very enjoyable hours this summer on local lakes. It was very easy to make (especially after I built a CLC Mill Creek last year). He's 65 lbs. now, and I don't know if the Kidyak will last another two years - we'll see.
http://www.glen-l.com/designs/canu-row/kidyak.html
There have been discussions about design software on this and the design bulletin board. I chickened out and bought plans rather than spend the time to get up to speed on one of those.
> I'm interested in designing and building a simple kayak that would suit a
> young (5-7 year) child. Has anyone built or seen designs for something
> similar? I'm keen to design it myself, but would be interested in
> discussing appropriate dimensions, proportions and construction
> alternatives.
> While small children can paddle around in adult size kayaks it is often
> frustrating for them because the kayaks are too high and wide for the
> child. Something more in proportion to a child's size should be more
> satisying for them. Of course stability is important. In my case I'm
> primarily interested in something for lake and calm sea use.
> What would be particularly interesting would be to come up with an easily
> scalable design that could be modified to suit different age groups:
> children grow very quickly!
> Any input welcomed.
> Thanks,
> Mark Battley, Auckland, New Zealand
Messages In This Thread
- Child size kayak designs
Mark Battley -- 9/27/1999, 5:05 pm- Re: Child size kayak designs
Martin Foil -- 9/30/1999, 12:50 pm- Re: Child size kayak designs
Grant Goltz -- 9/28/1999, 10:44 pm- Re: Reduced size Guillemot
Jim Eisenmenger -- 9/28/1999, 7:21 am- Re: Child size kayak designs
mike allen -- 9/27/1999, 7:00 pm- Re: Child size kayak designs
Tom Kurth -- 9/27/1999, 11:33 pm- Re: Child size kayak designs
Mike Hanks -- 9/28/1999, 12:10 am- Re: Child size kayak designs
Bob Newton -- 9/28/1999, 9:11 pm- Re: Child size kayak designs
mike allen -- 9/30/1999, 1:28 pm- Re: Child size kayak designs
Mike Hanks -- 9/29/1999, 10:59 am - Re: Child size kayak designs
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Mike R. -- 9/27/1999, 6:27 pm- Re: Child size kayak designs
D. F. Suggs -- 10/1/1999, 12:03 pm
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