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Re: Strip: Convert Guillemot into a double
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 2/1/2002, 10:30 am

: I want a double suited to smaller people (275lbs and under for 2 people) and
: thought the Guillemot Double would be too large. Does anyone have
: experience in stretching the Guillemot to 19-20 ft and altering the deck
: for a double?

Yea, I need to design a small double someday. The tricky part of adapting a single to a double is making the deck work out right. The step down from the front to the back of the cockpit doesn't happen right for a double. I'm adapting the Night Heron to a double for a customer now and I am spending an inordinant amount of time trying to create a reasonable deck configuration.

One option would be to take my Fast Double and shrink it down to a more reasonable length, but it might not have the volume needed, but it could probably be fudged to work.

That said, it is not impossible to adapt a double to a single, you just need to be prepared to do a lot of work to make the deck right.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Convert Guillemot into a double
Joe -- 1/31/2002, 3:09 pm
Re: Strip: Convert Guillemot into a double
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/1/2002, 10:30 am
Re: Strip: Convert Guillemot into a double
Shawn Baker -- 2/1/2002, 11:00 am
Re: Strip: Convert Guillemot into a double
Joe -- 2/1/2002, 10:52 am
Re: Strip: Convert Guillemot into a double
Shawn Baker -- 1/31/2002, 11:13 pm
Doubles redoubled
!RUSS -- 2/1/2002, 10:08 am
I stretched a GE
!RUSS -- 1/31/2002, 8:46 pm
Re: I stretched a GE
Joe -- 2/1/2002, 8:43 am