: I have never done this, but I am quite certain you could do it. I know a guy
: who has used the hull of an existing kayak as a mold for fiberglass. He
: waxes the hull very well with mold-release wax, lays down something like
: 3-4 layers of 10 oz. cloth with epoxy. Then he pops the new hull off
: (leaving the original kayak intact except for a little wax) and starts at
: the step you would be at once you cut off the deck (unless you choose to
: use our boat as a mold). He mostly made decks out of plywood or fabric.
: Like you said, to strip, you'd just need to put in a shear clamp, then
: make forms. You also have the option of putting in deck beams a la skin on
: frame construction, so you could have a custom fit masik/sikortarfiq for
: optimal form-fittedness. You would attach the deck the same way Nick
: outlines in his book, with fiberglass tape along the seam. let us know how
: it goes

Stealing kayak designs isn't real cool, you're ripping off the designer. That's what the guy you know is doing by making boats using an existing design as a mold. It's alot like buying one set of plans from a designer and building them in production for sale without paying the designer for his work, it's still theft.

I know it's out of context, sorry, this just upsets me.

Bill H.