: Hi Steve

: There are several of us on the BB that are now in the process of building The
: Walrus as taken from the book " Wood and Canvas Kayak Building "
: by George Putz. It is a great looking design, and can be adapted to
: several sizes and so forth. His book is very good at explaining the
: construction, and since his forms are so big and cumbersome, there are a
: few of us who have shortened his forms and have Benchtop forms now. You
: can get his book from Amazon or probably any of the other major book
: suppliers, or check the local library. If you read it and would like to do
: the shortened forms, here is an earlier thread that was posted by Paul
: Jacobsen some time ago that has the numbers for them. Hope I get this
: right, but, if not, then you can contact Mike Hanks on this BB and he has
: built it before and has the info you would like. He also did one in
: plywood on frame as you are thinking.

: If that doesn't work you can look it up in the archives. Sure took a lot of
: time out of my drawing up and eventual cutting out. THANKS PAUL ;) Check
: it out Steve and see if it isn't what you are looking for, then join
: several of us in building the Walrus and there will always be answers to
: any questions right here when and if you need them. Good luck in you
: search and building.

: Rehd

Opps! Sorry, I guess that didn't work. HA! I forgot that if you bracket things, they don't show up here. :) Let me try again. Hope this works this time. C-Ya

Rehd

Well, it doesn't seem to work for me so I'm doing something wrong. Anyway, othes will be able to help you with the Putz design, so, check it out.