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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Right boat for the job?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/20/2015, 12:47 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Right boat for the job? (jlparsons)

Bow and stern shapes really have very little to do with how maneuverable a boat is. I once built a transom stern kayak that failed in design by being too loose. A properly designed transom stern is really just a wide back end above a double ended hull shape.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: Right boat for the job?
jlparsons -- 7/12/2015, 7:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Right boat for the job?
jlparsons -- 7/12/2015, 9:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/12/2015, 3:12 pm
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James Parsons -- 7/12/2015, 3:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/12/2015, 4:37 pm
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jlparsons -- 7/13/2015, 3:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/13/2015, 5:10 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Right boat for the job? *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 7/13/2015, 8:12 pm
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scottbaxter -- 7/14/2015, 12:51 am
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jlparsons -- 7/16/2015, 12:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2015, 12:47 am
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jlparsons -- 7/20/2015, 8:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2015, 10:47 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/13/2015, 7:26 am
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jlparsons -- 7/13/2015, 11:52 am
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James Parsons -- 7/13/2015, 5:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/13/2015, 8:47 am
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MattD -- 7/13/2015, 12:56 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Right boat for the job? *PIC*
Ron Crown -- 7/17/2015, 1:16 pm
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scottbaxter -- 7/17/2015, 5:37 pm