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Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/16/2008, 11:41 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover *Pic* (Dave Gentry)

: Just floated her for the first time this afternoon - coincidentally the
: nicest day we've had all year. So good to see the sun again!

: It's a slightly modified, non-folding, wood framed, "Sea Rover LC"
: designed by Tom Yost.

: 16' long, 18" wide and pretty darn light. I skinned the boat with 12oz
: nylon from George Dyson (I had a hard time dragging myself out of his
: shop!), coated with Zar polyurethane - with some added white pigment. I
: skinned it using the method I learned on the Skinboat School's website
: video (I give it two thumbs up!). Time to completion - four weeks or so.
: Coating it, and the finishing details, take the longest chunks of time.

: The boat is low volume, responsive, fun, and designed for rolling and day
: paddling - I sure won't be doing any camping trips with it!

: Thanks again to Tom Yost for his great website and ideas!

: www.yostwerks.com
: http://skinboats.org/skinboats/sewing_your_west_greenland_kayak.html
: gdyson@gmail.com

: Dave
: Bellingham, WA

Great looking boat :)

18" wide huh....geez.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 5/15/2008, 11:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover
Michael McCluskey -- 5/18/2008, 9:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover
Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2008, 1:33 am
Thanks! *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 5/18/2008, 4:13 pm
Re: Thanks!
Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2008, 1:32 am
Re: Thanks!
Dave Gentry -- 5/19/2008, 11:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover
Etienne Muller -- 5/18/2008, 1:40 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover
Kudzu -- 5/16/2008, 2:47 pm
Nicely done!
Robert N Pruden -- 5/16/2008, 12:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Sea Rover
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2008, 11:41 am