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Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *Pic*
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 3/20/2008, 12:25 am

I - finally! - finished and floated my Tom Yost designed SeaTour 15R today. It took me all of 2 and a half weeks to build. Well, that much spread out over a year and a half! Yes, I started this puppy in Oct of 2006!

I've been kinda busy . . . .

Anyway, I spent the last two days finishing the details, and today I took it out for a short spin around the lake. It floats! I found it to be very comfy, with just the right amount of stability. I avoided testing the secondary stability, however - that water is still pretty cold! Didn't notice any weathercocking, but there wasn't much wind. So far, I'm very happy with it!

It's a Sea Tour 15R - that I made 16' long for some reason that I can no longer recall! It's a folder, which means comes apart and fits in a large backpack, so I can take it on a plane with me. It has aluminum tube stringers and HDPE cross sections, a Coverlight PVC skin, a free standing two-piece aluminum coaming, zippered back deck with a velcroed storm flap, full deck rigging, and braided carrying handles.

Here's some pics!

Thanks again to Tom Yost for making his builders manual available to all of us!

http://yostwerks.com/

Dave Gentry

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 12:25 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
John Van Buren -- 3/21/2008, 7:00 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 3/21/2008, 7:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *LINK*
Sean -- 3/21/2008, 1:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/21/2008, 3:18 pm
coaming closure pic, part 2 *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/21/2008, 3:21 pm
Re: coaming closure pic, part 2
Sean -- 3/23/2008, 6:58 pm
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Sean -- 3/21/2008, 12:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2008, 11:29 am
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prasad bhatla -- 3/20/2008, 10:41 am
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Etienne Muller -- 3/20/2008, 12:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *Pic*
Paul Montgomery -- 3/20/2008, 8:34 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/20/2008, 2:18 pm
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Ralph Cohn -- 3/20/2008, 6:00 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/21/2008, 10:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *LINK*
Ralph Cohn -- 3/21/2008, 5:37 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/21/2008, 9:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/21/2008, 10:36 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 3/23/2008, 7:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Mike Savage -- 3/23/2008, 8:16 am
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Etienne Muller -- 3/24/2008, 11:26 am
Hmmm *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/22/2008, 2:41 am
Re: Hmmm
Mike Savage -- 3/22/2008, 7:40 am
Re: Hmmm
Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2008, 9:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2008, 2:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Mike Savage -- 3/20/2008, 5:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last! *LINK*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 3:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Launched, at last!
Scott Shurlow -- 3/20/2008, 7:13 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/20/2008, 12:37 am
And another *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 12:27 am
Re: And another
Pawistik -- 3/20/2008, 12:35 am
Re: And another
Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2008, 11:28 am
Another pic *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 3/20/2008, 12:26 am