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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 7/3/2012, 3:54 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d (Brian Hanks)

: I did paddle the Arctic Tern, that was the third one that I
: paddled.

: What if I scale the Sea Pup up by the same percentage for length
: and width? Peter is essentially as big as many women (and about
: to get bigger) so I hate to put him in a "kid's boat"
: and have him outgrow it right away.

The Sea Pup is for youth and small adults. You could scale it in length and width, but I would be conservative on how much. Small changes are fine, big changes can have bigger consequences. At the ages of my kids, I plan on building new kayaks every few years, but they started at age 2. Check to see if there is a max weight on the Sea Pup and compare it to the Sea Bee. As far as the skin touching the frames in between the stringers, you can always add shorter "in between" stringers at the wide spans.

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Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a design
Brian Hanks -- 7/2/2012, 9:40 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Marc Upchurch -- 7/2/2012, 10:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Brian Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 8:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Marc Upchurch -- 7/3/2012, 9:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Brian Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 10:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Marc Upchurch -- 7/3/2012, 5:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Brian Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 7:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Marc Upchurch -- 7/3/2012, 11:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
John Abercrombie -- 7/3/2012, 1:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Marc Upchurch -- 7/3/2012, 6:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
John Abercrombie -- 7/3/2012, 6:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Bill Hamm -- 7/4/2012, 1:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d *PIC*
Bob Johns -- 7/3/2012, 2:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Brian Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 9:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d *PIC*
Mike Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 10:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Brian Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 10:56 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Mike Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 3:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Brian Hanks -- 7/3/2012, 4:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Mike Savage -- 7/3/2012, 1:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Marc Upchurch -- 7/3/2012, 9:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Will N 2 Go -- 7/4/2012, 6:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Brian Hanks -- 7/4/2012, 9:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Canuck Bob -- 7/22/2012, 2:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d
Marc Upchurch -- 7/22/2012, 3:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with finding/modifying a d *PIC*
Dan Caouette -- 7/22/2012, 3:49 pm