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Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 9/21/2015, 10:24 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak (John Bell)

John,

I don't think anyone is trying to suggest you don't do it.
Just trying to warn you what to expect.

A mini keel of any kind will not help your stability. It takes too much lean to start getting enough restoring force to be helpful.
And you have to add weight at the bottom of it - not what you want for zipping around.

It is probably not beyond your capability to change the cockpit opening to a more traditional oval with a rim on all sides. But filling the aft area will be glaringly obvious - but that might be ok.

Where are you located? Hope I didn't miss it.

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Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 2:38 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Paul -- 9/21/2015, 3:13 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 3:24 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 4:01 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/21/2015, 5:28 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak *PIC*
Dan Thaler -- 9/21/2015, 5:34 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 5:36 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/21/2015, 6:47 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 6:55 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2015, 10:41 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:19 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Mike Bielski -- 9/22/2015, 7:53 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:17 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:16 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:25 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2015, 5:58 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 6:49 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 9/21/2015, 6:58 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 7:22 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Marc Upchurch -- 9/21/2015, 7:00 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 7:35 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/21/2015, 7:54 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 8:04 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 2:01 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:31 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:17 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:27 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:41 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 4:34 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 4:30 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 4:36 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 7:12 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Marc Upchurch -- 9/21/2015, 10:24 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:21 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Etienne Muller -- 9/22/2015, 5:05 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Paul Sylvester -- 9/22/2015, 7:17 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:27 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:53 am
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scottbaxter -- 9/22/2015, 8:42 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:54 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 8:55 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:11 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 12:59 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 1:28 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 2:05 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 2:28 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 3:29 pm
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 3:50 pm