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Re: Yost stems and gunwales
By:wwfloyd
Date: 12/20/2009, 1:34 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider (brian scarborough)

I've built 2 Yost boats -- fewer than some here, I know. My gunwales go the entire length of the boat, from stem-tip to stem-tip. Chines have been done similarly. I have not understood why that's not standard procedure. It's worked out very well. But, I'd like to know if there's a practical reason for making them shorter. I can see shorter gunwales maybe being easier. Shouldn't be a weight advantage; my gunwales are a bit longer, but my stems can be "shorter," since there's less distance from the attachment, to the tip. Just wondering...

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Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
eric Ogata -- 12/18/2009, 1:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
brian scarborough -- 12/19/2009, 6:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider *PIC*
eric Ogata -- 12/20/2009, 8:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
eric Ogata -- 12/27/2009, 10:32 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Bill Hamm -- 12/27/2009, 9:07 am
Re: Yost stems and gunwales
wwfloyd -- 12/20/2009, 1:34 am
Re: Yost stems and gunwales
Bill Hamm -- 12/27/2009, 9:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Thomas Duncan -- 12/19/2009, 9:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Bill Hamm -- 12/19/2009, 12:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Ogata, eric -- 12/18/2009, 12:29 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2009, 3:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
danp -- 12/18/2009, 9:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Doug S -- 12/19/2009, 5:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
eric Ogata -- 12/19/2009, 1:08 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: cedar falling on snow *PIC*
eric Ogata -- 12/20/2009, 8:34 pm
OT - snow!
Doug S -- 12/19/2009, 5:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Bill Hamm -- 12/19/2009, 3:08 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Bill Hamm -- 12/19/2009, 12:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2009, 9:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: yost sea rider
Dave Gentry -- 12/18/2009, 8:31 am