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Re: Strip: Short Strips
By:Ed Gutgesell
Date: 10/17/2003, 12:59 pm
In Response To: Strip: Short Strips (Chris)

: I live in Indiana, and I cannot find any cedar boards over 16', and my kayak
: will be 17' long. I know you can join strips together that do not run the
: entire length of the boat, but has anyone built a boat with all shorter
: strips, and no strips running the entire length. Also, when you join
: strips, do you have to join them at one of the forms? Bear with me, I have
: one more question. All of the cedar boards that I have seen are full of
: knots. I couldn't find one board that was free of knots, including 8'
: boards. Do I have to rip the wood, and then cut of the knots, making the
: boards even shorter? Thanks for any info.

Hi Chris,

Check out John Michne's website at (www.michneboat.com) He has one article in "Builders Corner" called "Working with short strips". Johns site is mainly a strip canoe building site, however almost all of his information is directly applicable to kayak building and is the best information available!!! I hope this helps!!

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Strip: Short Strips
Chris -- 10/17/2003, 11:10 am
Re: Strip: Short Strips *LINK*
Kurt Hoffman -- 10/19/2003, 10:34 am
where in Indiana? *NM*
Kurt Hoffman -- 10/17/2003, 11:23 pm
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Gordon Snapp -- 10/17/2003, 10:24 pm
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John Schroeder -- 10/17/2003, 9:43 pm
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Robert -- 10/17/2003, 8:47 pm
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Pete Higginbottom -- 10/17/2003, 3:23 pm
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Bruce - TX -- 10/17/2003, 1:25 pm
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Dave -- 10/17/2003, 2:48 pm
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Bruce - TX -- 10/17/2003, 3:00 pm
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Dave -- 10/18/2003, 2:13 am
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Chip Sandresky -- 10/17/2003, 1:22 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 10/17/2003, 2:46 pm
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Ed Gutgesell -- 10/17/2003, 12:59 pm
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Jamey -- 10/20/2003, 3:26 am
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Dave -- 10/17/2003, 12:42 pm
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John Caldeira -- 10/17/2003, 11:36 am
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Steve Frederick -- 10/18/2003, 11:31 am
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rnb4tla -- 10/17/2003, 11:12 pm