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Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
By:Howie
Date: 1/11/2013, 10:14 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island *PIC* (Oliver)

Due to age-related diminishing flexibility I'm inclined to go with a larger cockpit on the Outer Island I've just started, similar to the cockpit of the Arctic Tern I built several years ago. According to Jay Babina's comment above that means I need to raise the cockpit. Looking at the sketch on the OI cockpit template, showing the kayak, the paddler and all of the forms it appears to me that I'll need to raise six of the forms, both to provide knee room and to avoid creating a huge curve in the cockpit coaming profile. The larger cockpit will extend forward of form 8, not to form 9 as with the original design's ocean cockpit. If I'm right, here are the changes I'll need to make to the affected forms:

F6, +1/4"; F7, +1/2"; F8, +3/4"; F9, +1"; F10, +1/2"; F10.5, +1/4". Expert OI builders - am I right, or what should be done differently?

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Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
James -- 12/21/2012, 8:58 pm
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
Sean Dawe -- 12/21/2012, 9:05 pm
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James -- 12/21/2012, 10:00 pm
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Jay Babina -- 12/22/2012, 9:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/22/2012, 10:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/27/2012, 12:56 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 12/22/2012, 12:45 pm
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Paul Sylvester -- 12/22/2012, 8:25 am
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island *PIC*
Oliver -- 12/22/2012, 8:37 am
Re: Strip: Raising --Off Topic??
Paul Sylvester -- 12/22/2012, 8:48 am
Re: Strip: Raising --Off Topic??
Oliver -- 12/22/2012, 10:53 am
Re: Strip: Raising --Off Topic??
dave mckinney -- 12/22/2012, 9:21 pm
Re: Strip: Raising --Off Topic??
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/23/2012, 10:59 am
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
Robert Horstmann -- 12/31/2012, 11:49 pm
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
Howie -- 1/11/2013, 10:14 am
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John Abercrombie -- 1/11/2013, 11:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/11/2013, 1:36 pm
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
Howie -- 1/11/2013, 2:35 pm
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2013, 1:48 am
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Howie -- 1/13/2013, 3:38 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/13/2013, 5:36 pm
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
dave mckinney -- 1/11/2013, 7:54 pm
Jay: offer design options for sale?
Howie -- 1/13/2013, 3:27 pm
Re: Jay: offer design options for sale?
Jay Babina -- 1/18/2013, 9:09 am
Re: Strip: Raising the deck of an Outer Island
Dennis -- 12/23/2012, 9:27 am