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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!!
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 1/14/2012, 8:47 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! (Aaron McConnell)

: I am not expecting to
: go on weekend trips, just something for day trips and rolling
: practice.

: I am hoping someone else has encountered this problem and found a
: fix and can help me out.

In the most general of observations, the most unstable kayaks I have been in have all had excessive deadrise. A wide, flat bottom tends to be more initially stable than a narrow rounded or V bottom.

In any case, why take the time to reinvent the wheel when all you want to do is get out on the water? You have already made a couple of Yost kayaks - build another. I highly recommend Tom's Roldarka (very stable, but not so roomy) and Sea Rider (a bit roomier, but a bit less stable) designs, both of which would be perfect for what you have in mind.

I've cruised and paddled that whole area, extensively - have fun!

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Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!!
Aaron McConnell -- 1/14/2012, 1:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!!
Aaron McConnell -- 1/14/2012, 3:45 am
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Dave Gentry -- 1/14/2012, 8:47 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/27/2012, 10:52 am
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Don Goss -- 1/14/2012, 5:10 pm
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West -- 1/14/2012, 7:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/15/2012, 4:36 am
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Al Edie -- 1/21/2012, 1:00 pm
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Allan -- 1/21/2012, 3:22 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/25/2012, 2:04 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/25/2012, 7:41 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/25/2012, 4:30 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/26/2012, 1:56 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 3:14 pm
WOOPS!
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 4:39 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/26/2012, 9:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:32 pm
Got my images backwards *NM*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:34 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/27/2012, 1:03 am
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Robert Livingston -- 1/27/2012, 2:03 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/27/2012, 6:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/27/2012, 8:11 am