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Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/22/2015, 2:01 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak (John Bell)

Keels work on lever arm length times weight, weight stuck on the bottom will just add weight since the lever arm might be 2 inches. If you had 20 lbs. on the bottom of a 3 foot long keel, that might make a difference in stability.

Btw, the cockpit likely is set up to have your knees up in a racing posture, usually done without a skirt. From the pictures there doesn't appear to be a back end to the coaming so it's more a spray rail than an actual coaming, deflects spray away from the cockpit, doesn't seal it.

Bill H.

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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
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 3:24 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 4:01 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/21/2015, 5:28 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 9/21/2015, 5:34 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 5:36 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/21/2015, 6:47 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 6:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2015, 10:41 pm
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:19 am
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Mike Bielski -- 9/22/2015, 7:53 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:16 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2015, 5:58 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 6:49 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 9/21/2015, 6:58 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 7:22 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/21/2015, 7:00 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 7:35 pm
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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
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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
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 4:36 pm
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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
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Etienne Muller -- 9/22/2015, 5:05 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 9/22/2015, 7:17 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:27 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:53 am
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scottbaxter -- 9/22/2015, 8:42 am
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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