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Re: S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck
By:Geoff
Date: 5/11/2010, 12:33 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck (George)

: Hi,

: Only can comment on the building. I build a wood duck 10 from plans
: and personally i found it kind of unnatural in terms of s&g
: building.

: There are some very fine/sharp joints (deck hull joint at the bow,
: deck at the coaming), which are easily damaged during
: construction. The bow is under quite a bit of pressure.

: Very light though for a s&g kayak, it being only 10 foot
: probably helps.

Thanks for the comment.

Interesting about the difficulty and potential damage - I was toying with the idea of modifying the bow a little - I want to make it a little more swept back. I would try to test the idea before of course. Did you wet the material for the tougher bending . . or apply heat?

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck
Geoff -- 5/8/2010, 9:38 am
Re: S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck *PIC*
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 5/14/2010, 2:34 am
Re: S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck
Geoff -- 5/14/2010, 7:51 pm
Re: S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck
George -- 5/11/2010, 12:18 pm
Re: S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck
Geoff -- 5/11/2010, 12:33 pm
Re: S&G: Pinguino - Wood Duck
George -- 5/12/2010, 7:18 am