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Re: Strip: stretching a Guillemot L
By:podge
Date: 9/25/2008, 1:33 pm
In Response To: Strip: stretching a Guillemot L (paul killen)

Hey Paul,
I'm 6'3" and I don't have enough room for my feet in a standard Guillemot. It appears from your post that you are based in the emerald isle if thats the case i know of a guilly expedition that has just been finished in Galway. Perhaps it could be arranged for you to have a try before you build but seemed tight enough for a big fella.
Pat

: As you can tell from my earlier post Im just starting my first attempt at
: building a strip kayak, As Im 6'6" and 220lb Im keen to at least
: explore the idea of lenghtening the boat. Is there a easy idiot way of
: doing this without the need for reshaping any of the forms.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: stretching a Guillemot L
paul killen -- 9/24/2008, 4:28 am
Re: Strip: stretching a Guillemot L
podge -- 9/25/2008, 1:33 pm
Re: Strip: stretching a Guillemot L
Mike Savage -- 9/24/2008, 6:41 am
Re: Strip: stretching a Guillemot L
paul killen -- 9/24/2008, 7:24 am