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Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
By:Allan
Date: 3/16/2009, 12:59 am
In Response To: Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC (Dave Gentry)

I need to fit some foam under the thigh braces before I attempt a roll. I didn't allow enough for the fact that the seat is a bit lower in the SOF, so at the moment I am a loose fit in the kayak. In theory it should roll quite well.

There is certainly plenty of leg, knee and foot room. In hindsight, I could have made the front deck a little lower near the cockpit and still had the same feel as the stripper. Probably the main reason for that is that I forgot to allow for the fact that the stripper has a recessed cockpit, so it finishes up a bit lower than it is in the SOF with no recess.

There is very little fogging when the inside is perfectly dry, but it doesn't take much water splashed or dribbled in to fog up the inside quite a bit.

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Launching: SOF with clear PVC *Pic*
Allan -- 3/15/2009, 3:08 am
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Allan -- 3/29/2009, 5:13 am
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
FrankP -- 3/30/2009, 2:01 pm
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Allan -- 3/30/2009, 7:04 pm
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
FrankP -- 3/31/2009, 10:52 am
Oops wrong figure
Allan -- 3/30/2009, 10:35 pm
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Phil Nelson -- 3/30/2009, 10:32 pm
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Allan -- 3/31/2009, 1:43 am
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Phil Nelson -- 3/31/2009, 2:17 am
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Dave Gentry -- 3/15/2009, 12:59 pm
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Allan -- 3/16/2009, 1:03 am
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Allan -- 3/16/2009, 12:59 am
Re: Launching: SOF with clear PVC
Dave Gentry -- 3/15/2009, 1:09 pm