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Re: Seeking: info on boat size
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/10/2008, 4:43 pm
In Response To: Re: Seeking: info on boat size (NiraSue)

: You are right, it is a lot of work but what I will do IF I do this will be to
: leave the strips on the forms...actually I would probably do it as a
: wood-n-canvas and cover that with pack cloth (much cheaper then glassinbg
: something that might not work, that will give me an idea if the size would
: work, and if it wont work for me it would definatly work for my 10yr old
: or any other of the boy scouts. I wouldn't have to totally fabricate the
: plans either I have a set comming for wood-n-canvas and I would start with
: slightly modifing the station pieces to be a bit wider and shortening the
: whole thing.

I'd look at Tom Yost's kayak designs, they are fairly easy to modify (sorry Tom ). Yostwerks.com is the address btw.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: info on boat size
NiraSue -- 7/9/2008, 1:54 pm
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Charlie -- 7/10/2008, 8:32 pm
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Carl Delo -- 7/11/2008, 12:03 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Charlie -- 7/11/2008, 9:34 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Carl Delo -- 7/11/2008, 10:31 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Bill Hamm -- 7/11/2008, 9:46 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Jon T -- 7/10/2008, 8:39 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
NiraSue -- 7/10/2008, 5:25 pm
Re: Seeking: info on boat size *NM* *LINK*
Jon T -- 7/11/2008, 8:10 am
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Jon T -- 7/11/2008, 8:17 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Bill Hamm -- 7/11/2008, 9:39 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2008, 6:47 pm
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2008, 2:40 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
NiraSue -- 7/10/2008, 7:50 am
Re: Seeking: info on boat size
Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2008, 4:43 pm