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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC*
By:rNuffer
Date: 6/4/2010, 12:13 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC* (Mike Hanks)

Your Walrus is a tight fit if I remember correctly. Wasn't ever able to fit inside that kayak. It was also very light. That is one of the advantages of the walrus. A light weight frame. your skin was also very light. My walrus suffered because I read the numbers in the book wrong and accidentally made the boat 18" longer than it needed to be. but it was a good second boat.
Around that Same time Bill (Pic) and [red]Rehd[/red] made Walruses.

Of all those Walruses from back then I'd have to say Yours was the most successful. And continued to morf.

: Found an old pic of my third rendition of the Walrus, the Skinny
: Walrus. This was made very close to Skene's original drawings of
: the kayak from Greenland that he based the Walrus off of. IIRC
: it is about 17.5' x 20" It is stable tracks VERY well, yet
: turns nicely when edged. It rolls a little clunky, but is not
: too bad. It is quite stable right-side-up, upside-down, and on
: it's sides. You can see the truss style frame through the skin,
: even on that dark stormy november day, from a low-res camera.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 6/2/2010, 12:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC*
rNuffer -- 6/3/2010, 2:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC*
Mike Hanks -- 6/4/2010, 2:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC*
rNuffer -- 6/4/2010, 12:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC*
Mike Hanks -- 6/5/2010, 12:02 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 6/3/2010, 7:58 am
I know but....
Kudzu -- 6/3/2010, 10:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/3/2010, 8:26 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double
Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2010, 8:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double
Kudzu -- 6/2/2010, 2:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Chuckanut 15 Double
Bill Hamm -- 6/2/2010, 1:06 pm
Frame pic *NM* *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 6/2/2010, 12:13 pm
Another pic *NM* *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 6/2/2010, 12:11 pm