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Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy
By:Jim Kozel
Date: 5/8/2002, 11:36 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy (Clint)

4" off the bottom is pretty high. Is that some type of seat you can remove, sit as close to the bottom as possible to re-evaluate the stability of your first project? There isn't a kayak I've ever sat in that wouldn't have been tippy with the seat 4" off the bottom.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy
Clint -- 5/8/2002, 10:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy
Brian Nystrom -- 5/8/2002, 1:58 pm
tippy
mike allen ---> -- 5/8/2002, 3:14 pm
Re: tippy
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/8/2002, 5:35 pm
Re: tippy
mike allen ---> -- 5/8/2002, 6:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/8/2002, 1:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy
Jim Kozel -- 5/8/2002, 11:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy
Clint -- 5/8/2002, 12:20 pm
Take out the seat
Brian Nystrom -- 5/8/2002, 1:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin on frame design-too tippy
KenB -- 5/8/2002, 12:53 pm