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Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/14/2012, 1:39 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build (James)

: I paddle mostly in bays & tidal waters. I like a strong
: tracking boat, because I also like to do "distance"
: paddling on rivers & lakes. I figure that any strip-built
: hull would probably be a little "looser" than my
: Hybrid's? I'm looking at the Outer Island.

Being strip vs. hybrid means nothing at all for shape. You can make a strip boat any shape you want, can't really do that with a hybrid, plywood only will bend certain ways, there are shapes that are impossible with plywood, not so with strips.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
James -- 8/11/2012, 7:15 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
John Abercrombie -- 8/12/2012, 1:51 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
ancient kayaker -- 8/12/2012, 3:27 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
Joy -- 8/13/2012, 8:21 am
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
James -- 8/13/2012, 8:39 am
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John Abercrombie -- 8/13/2012, 1:24 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
ancient kayaker -- 8/13/2012, 5:05 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
James -- 8/13/2012, 9:11 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
Bill Hamm -- 8/14/2012, 1:41 am
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
Bill Hamm -- 8/14/2012, 1:46 am
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
Bill Hamm -- 8/14/2012, 1:48 am
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
James -- 8/19/2012, 7:30 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
John Abercrombie -- 8/19/2012, 7:41 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
Bill Hamm -- 8/14/2012, 1:39 am
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
Erik -- 8/13/2012, 10:18 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
george jung -- 8/15/2012, 7:09 pm
Re: Strip: Suggestions for my Next Build
Kirk Briggs -- 8/19/2012, 5:08 pm