Date: 6/9/2003, 1:07 pm
: what you're suggesting is a keel mod but
: under the bow...right?
exactly. split the keel from the bow waterline one way to the bow peak, the other 1-2ft to the rear and take away successive amounts.
there is no design here only experiment, so the idea would be to take out a little bit - wire, tape up and test. then a little more etc. depending on how pissed off you are, there are many solutions and as the ply is ext glassed, it's possible to eventually do some wild attacks. as all of the boat is already together and aligned, mainly symmetrical measuring and cutting is needed.
i don't have the plans, but as we know that weathercocking is a big issue, just looking at the bow of this pic makes me wonder if just rounding off the front at that just below waterline abrupt curve may tame it down. the yak looks pretty symmetrical but already with a large skeg like drop at the rear, so probably won't need to take much out the front to change it.
but guesses only, but if one was the builder, the work would be simple compared to the actually building.
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adam bolonsky -- 6/5/2003, 11:18 am- low tech
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