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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
By:Peter B
Date: 7/17/2011, 9:41 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice (Bill Hamm)

Thanks everyone for the advice. This past week my son went to camp and did some canoe training where they upset the boats and then reentered etc...so this weekend, while it was still fresh in his mind i got him doing the same thing in the kayak - wet exits, taught him some braces and even got him doing some wet entries which he picked up right away. What a difference, his comfort level went from 0-100. He now likes his kayak and want to go out. And wants to learn to roll. So my next job ( after finishing my daughter's kayak) is to make him a good skirt.

: The increased rocker is likely the problem, he's likely not a
: heavyweight so the boat doesn't displace alot, so sits up higher
: than designed with the extra rocker, the ends then don't
: contribute to the stability as designed. Depending on how it's
: built, there is a real chance to be able to just fix it, though
: will require recovering.

: Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
Peter B -- 4/29/2011, 8:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 9:18 am
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Peter B -- 4/29/2011, 9:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 9:32 am
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Peter B -- 4/29/2011, 9:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 9:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 4/29/2011, 10:20 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
Doug S -- 4/29/2011, 10:41 am
Re: Training Wheels?
Charlie -- 4/29/2011, 10:59 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 4/29/2011, 11:14 am
Re: Training Wheels? - ROLL
Foster -- 4/29/2011, 12:04 pm
Re: Training Wheels? - ROLL
Peter B -- 4/29/2011, 12:27 pm
Re: Training Wheels? - ROLL
Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 2:32 pm
Re: Training Wheels?
Tom Yost -- 4/29/2011, 11:20 am
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Charlie -- 4/29/2011, 4:56 pm
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Tom Yost -- 4/29/2011, 8:24 pm
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Charlie -- 4/30/2011, 12:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/30/2011, 7:12 am
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Tom Yost -- 4/30/2011, 10:06 am
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George in Va -- 4/30/2011, 4:09 pm
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Peter B -- 4/30/2011, 4:17 pm
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Farback -- 4/29/2011, 11:40 am
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StephenHJ -- 4/29/2011, 11:43 am
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Tom Yost -- 4/29/2011, 11:54 am
Re: Training Wheels? Gull Wing!
Ken Brunton -- 5/1/2011, 10:50 am
Re: Training Wheels?
Kevin McAtee -- 7/21/2011, 7:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
Dean -- 4/29/2011, 2:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
Peter B -- 7/17/2011, 9:41 pm
Ballast?? *NM*
Tony Ling -- 7/22/2011, 4:52 pm
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Mark Seilis -- 4/30/2011, 12:06 pm
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StephenHJ -- 4/30/2011, 3:33 pm
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Allan -- 5/1/2011, 7:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/2/2011, 12:50 am
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Mike Savage -- 5/2/2011, 7:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/3/2011, 1:38 am
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Mike Savage -- 5/3/2011, 7:28 am
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Peter B -- 5/3/2011, 4:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2011, 1:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
Peter B -- 7/21/2011, 3:10 pm
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Allan -- 7/21/2011, 6:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kids SOF advice
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/22/2011, 8:00 am