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Re: Lashing
By:brian scarborough
Date: 3/10/2010, 8:44 pm
In Response To: Lashing *PIC* (Dave Gentry)

In the other traditional texts (Cunningham, Morris, Starr) the V shaped stem lashings are again lashed together to form a Y shape, thus tightening them.

I suspect they are tight enough regardless.

Brian

: Check out Wolfgang Brinck's "instructable" - info on how
: to build in a traditional style, with lashed stems, etc. Lots of
: step by step photos.
: Here's the relevant part about stems:

:
: http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Greenland-kayak-part-4/?ALLSTEPS

: And a little drawing he has of stem lashing:

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