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Re: S&G: S&G modificatioon
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/24/2011, 12:31 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: S&G modificatioon (Wayne Two)

: My intent is merely to make this kayak easier to use my preferred
: roll in, the one I'm conditioned to go for. I have other rolls
: that I CAN use and my skinboats that I CAN do my preferred rolls
: in (but I dont surf those). Being able to lean back also is
: advantageous in surf, to prevent from being pitchpoled. So this
: is strictly an optional modification, one that I'd love to wake
: up and find had been done for me but one I'm still not convinced
: I want to undertake. The kayak is beautiful now and I'm wary of
: messing with that.

Btw, the coaming on a kayak often is one of the strongest parts of the boat, should be anyway. If you do decide to modify it, make sure the boat is very well supported before you do any mods to it. A temporary strongback is probably in order to keep it straight. Cutting into the coaming has the possibility of warping the hull shape once it's strength is removed.

No point in wrecking the boat trying to make it better.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: S&G modificatioon *PIC*
Wayne Two -- 7/18/2011, 10:56 pm
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John Caldeira -- 7/19/2011, 1:11 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/19/2011, 8:40 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/19/2011, 11:06 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 7/19/2011, 1:23 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 7/19/2011, 2:34 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/19/2011, 4:19 pm
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Dave Houser -- 7/20/2011, 3:21 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 2:23 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/19/2011, 4:20 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 4:42 pm
Re: S&G: S&G modificatioon *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 7/19/2011, 7:53 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2011, 8:10 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/26/2011, 7:04 pm
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B. Hamm -- 7/30/2011, 3:23 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/20/2011, 7:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2011, 8:12 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/20/2011, 9:25 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/20/2011, 9:52 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/20/2011, 12:41 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/20/2011, 5:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2011, 7:55 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/21/2011, 3:21 pm
Re: S&G: S&G modificatioon *PIC*
Dave Houser -- 7/21/2011, 3:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2011, 1:53 am
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Dave Houser -- 7/23/2011, 2:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/23/2011, 4:21 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/23/2011, 8:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/24/2011, 12:28 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/24/2011, 8:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/24/2011, 12:31 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/24/2011, 7:36 pm
Re: S&G: S&G modificatioon *PIC*
Wayne Two -- 7/24/2011, 7:42 pm
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Glen Smith -- 7/24/2011, 8:00 pm