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Re: Announce: Catamaran Kayak
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/19/2010, 8:08 am
In Response To: Announce: Catamaran Kayak (Reg Lake)

: A while back Carl D. and Bill H. were working on catamaran kayaks.
: I just got an email from Western Canoeing with a link to their
: blog. Very interesting things going on with that design.

: http://www.westerncanoekayak.blogspot.com/

: http://www.deltakayaks.com/html/photos.htm

: Best,

: Reg

I've not talked to Carl about his cat in awile don't know what the result was with his. Mine's still under construction, 2 years later. Work schedule got in the way along with it only fitting in my garage, so limited to working on it during the summer. It should be completed this year. Helps that in about a week I'll have a basement to work in :)

I had to reduce the seat height and increase the beam slightly, the initial test proved the boat to be very highly unstable, tested it this past fall with the mods and it's stability now is roughly the same as an older K1, so tender but not impossible.

I'd seen that boat from Delta, thought it interesting, but at 10 ft. long has to be pretty pokey.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Announce: Catamaran Kayak
Reg Lake -- 2/18/2010, 10:15 pm
Re: Announce: Catamaran Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2010, 8:08 am
Re: Announce: Catamaran Kayak
Scott S -- 2/19/2010, 6:42 pm
Re: Announce: Catamaran Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2010, 7:51 pm
Re: Announce: Catamaran Kayak
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/20/2010, 1:31 pm
Re: Announce: Catamaran Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 2/21/2010, 12:32 am