Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: 90 degree twist required at water line. Little
By:Jason
Date: 7/19/2000, 5:49 pm
In Response To: 90 degree twist required at water line. Little Auk (Ross Witherell)

One other thing, your strips will twist one way better than the other way, so check each strip for the way it naturally wants to twist and use that to your advantage. Its not worth working against mother nature.

Jag

: I'm stuck! I've stripped all the way to the water line on the Little Auk.
: It's getting very hard to twist the strips 90 degrees at the bow and
: stern, then lay flat on the bottom. I asked for half strips from the guy
: that cut my strips but did not get them. Is there anyway to accomplish
: this using regular strips?

: Ross Witherell

Messages In This Thread

90 degree twist required at water line. Little Auk
Ross Witherell -- 7/19/2000, 4:03 pm
Last resort - 2 others
mike allen ---> -- 7/19/2000, 6:33 pm
Re: 90 degree twist required at water line. Little
Jason -- 7/19/2000, 5:49 pm
Re: Twist Trick
Spidey -- 7/19/2000, 5:28 pm
steam
Jason -- 7/19/2000, 4:40 pm