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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
By:Jon Mortimer
Date: 7/9/2014, 9:28 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour? (jamesshuang)

I think that you have made the right decision switching to half lap joints. While long scarf joints are very strong, short ones, e.g. 45 degrees, are not so strong. The mechanical fastener is a good idea too. Even if the weld fails you will most likely only end up with a wobbly joint that you can paddle home with and not a catastrophic failure.

Looking at the photo of your first section I wonder if the kayak's skin stretched between the aluminium longitudinals is going to be entirely clear of the plastic section. You can test this in advance by popping in some short pieces of tubing and then stretching a string or small piece of material between these pieces of tubing.

This is very interesting work. Keep posting as you progress.

Jon Mortimer

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Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
jamesshuang -- 7/5/2014, 4:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
Etienne Muller -- 7/5/2014, 8:29 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/5/2014, 8:36 am
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Bill Mayberry -- 7/5/2014, 9:59 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/5/2014, 2:03 pm
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Bill Mayberry -- 7/5/2014, 2:55 pm
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jamesshuang -- 7/5/2014, 2:19 pm
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Lodeon -- 7/5/2014, 12:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2014, 12:39 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/7/2014, 8:18 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 12:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2014, 12:16 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/8/2014, 1:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/9/2014, 1:23 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/9/2014, 2:02 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/7/2014, 8:21 am
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Allan -- 7/5/2014, 8:00 pm
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jamesshuang -- 7/5/2014, 8:10 pm
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Allan -- 7/5/2014, 11:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/6/2014, 11:57 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/6/2014, 5:19 am
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Ken Blanton -- 7/6/2014, 5:52 am
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Jon Mortimer -- 7/6/2014, 8:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour? *PIC*
jamesshuang -- 7/7/2014, 12:00 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 12:15 pm
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jamesshuang -- 7/7/2014, 12:54 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 1:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2014, 12:21 am
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jamesshuang -- 7/8/2014, 12:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/9/2014, 1:28 am
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Jon Mortimer -- 7/8/2014, 3:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
jamesshuang -- 7/8/2014, 6:18 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
Jon Mortimer -- 7/9/2014, 9:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
Bill Hamm -- 7/7/2014, 12:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
Bill Hamm -- 7/7/2014, 12:30 am