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Low profile deck
By:John Caldeira
Date: 12/20/2010, 3:09 am
In Response To: Re: Cockpit View (Bill Hamm)

: Greenland boat and paddle has to be a very odd thing in the tropics
: :)

A very PRACTICAL thing, too. Wind is wind. Anyone who had battled many miles or hours against unfavorable winds will appreciate the value of a low profile deck.

Here in the tropics, we really don't need the extreme storage capacity of high volume decks because thermal clothing needs are minimal.

John

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Two more Fiji boats *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 12:15 am
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Les Cheeseman -- 12/21/2010, 9:46 am
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Ian Cummins -- 12/20/2010, 11:24 am
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Kurt Maurer -- 12/20/2010, 7:16 pm
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
John Caldeira -- 12/21/2010, 7:53 pm
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Kurt Maurer -- 12/21/2010, 8:25 pm
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Mike Savage -- 12/21/2010, 10:41 am
Reflective Line *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 12:43 am
Re: Reflective Line
Jim -- 12/28/2010, 4:25 pm
Re: Reflective Line
John Caldeira -- 12/28/2010, 6:27 pm
Re: Reflective Line
Jim -- 12/29/2010, 8:09 am
Re: Reflective Line
Bill Hamm -- 12/28/2010, 6:06 pm
Skeg *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 12:36 am
Foredeck *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 12:30 am
Inside the cockpit *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 12:25 am
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Bill Hamm -- 12/20/2010, 12:24 am
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 3:01 am
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Bill Hamm -- 12/20/2010, 12:10 pm
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 1:27 pm
Re: S&G: Two more Fiji boats
Bill Hamm -- 12/21/2010, 1:31 am
Cockpit View *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 12:20 am
Re: Cockpit View
Bill Hamm -- 12/20/2010, 12:26 am
Low profile deck
John Caldeira -- 12/20/2010, 3:09 am
Re: Low profile deck
Bill Hamm -- 12/20/2010, 12:08 pm