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Re: Desperation
By:Roger Tulk
Date: 6/2/1998, 11:41 am
In Response To: Re: Desperation (Mike Spence)

kayak could/would
> end up looking like a starved snake after glassing, ie. slight sagging
> between forms. But then again, skin on frame kayaks must also suffer
> from this. (?)

> Mike Spence

Not if the skin is stretched tight. Actually, the ones I have paddled, and the one I'm planning to build, are designed so that the frames don't touch the skin, only the stringers do.

Messages In This Thread

Desperation
Mike Spence -- 6/1/1998, 4:48 pm
Re: Desperation...Yoicks! I've been discovered!
Scotty Morrison -- 6/4/1998, 10:04 pm
Fence boards
Brian Millington -- 6/3/1998, 4:26 am
Re: Fence boards
Paul Jacobson -- 6/6/1998, 2:26 am
Re: Fence boards
Brian Millington -- 6/12/1998, 1:51 am
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/3/1998, 12:44 am
Re: Desperation
Mike Spence -- 6/2/1998, 1:00 pm
Re: Desperation
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 6/2/1998, 3:38 am
Re: Desperation
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 6/2/1998, 3:49 am
Re: Desperation
Mike Spence -- 6/2/1998, 11:51 am
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/2/1998, 2:51 pm
Re: Desperation
Roger Tulk -- 6/3/1998, 12:18 am
Found it!
Roger Tulk -- 6/3/1998, 12:51 am
Mmmmm! Sandwiches
Ross Leidy -- 6/2/1998, 2:47 pm
Re: Desperation
Paul Jacobson -- 6/1/1998, 10:26 pm
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/2/1998, 1:38 pm
Re: Desperation
Mike Spence -- 6/2/1998, 12:20 pm
Re: Desperation
Paul Jacobson -- 6/2/1998, 1:23 am
Re: Desperation
Mike Spence -- 6/2/1998, 11:39 am
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/2/1998, 2:20 pm
Re: Desperation
Nick Schade -- 6/1/1998, 9:51 pm
Re: Desperation
Jay Babina -- 6/1/1998, 8:59 pm
Re: Desperation
Mike Spence -- 6/1/1998, 11:18 pm
Re: Desperation
R. Duvall -- 6/7/1998, 6:05 am
Re: Desperation
Paul Jacobson -- 6/2/1998, 12:30 pm
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/2/1998, 1:10 pm
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/2/1998, 1:13 pm
Re: Desperation
Paul Lund -- 6/1/1998, 7:59 pm
Re: Desperation
paul lund -- 6/2/1998, 2:34 am
Re: Desperation
Rob Cochrane -- 6/1/1998, 5:47 pm
Re: Desperation
Roger Tulk -- 6/2/1998, 11:48 am
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/1/1998, 4:59 pm
Re: Desperation
R. Duvall -- 6/7/1998, 5:51 am
Re: Desperation
Paul Jacobson -- 6/7/1998, 7:50 pm
Re: Desperation
Mike Spence -- 6/1/1998, 8:32 pm
Re: Desperation
Mark Kanzler -- 6/3/1998, 12:30 am
Re: Desperation
Roger Tulk -- 6/2/1998, 11:41 am