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Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak
By:Allan
Date: 8/15/2012, 7:07 pm
In Response To: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak (IgnorantWanderer)

The view may not be as good as you might hope.

I had a SOF that was temporarily (for about a year) skinned with clear PVC and found that I could not really see anything below the kayak.

However that was partly because my legs and the very small floor of the kayak got in the way. While your children might have more room to get their legs out of the way and you would not need floorboards, it would probably mean that they would have to step on the clear window when getting in and out.

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Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak
IgnorantWanderer -- 8/15/2012, 6:34 pm
Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak
Allan -- 8/15/2012, 7:07 pm
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scottbaxter -- 8/15/2012, 10:20 pm
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Paul Davies -- 8/16/2012, 6:13 pm
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Will Nettles -- 8/16/2012, 8:32 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2012, 11:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2012, 11:06 pm
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IgnorantWanderer -- 8/17/2012, 9:04 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/17/2012, 11:11 pm
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IgnorantWanderer -- 8/18/2012, 1:30 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/18/2012, 3:29 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 8/18/2012, 4:33 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/19/2012, 5:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:40 am
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John Abercrombie -- 8/20/2012, 2:21 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/17/2012, 11:16 pm
Re: Strip: Building a "glass" bottom kayak *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 8/18/2012, 2:02 am