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Skin-on-Frame: DIY SOF kayak for big & tall?
By:Sean McCauley
Date: 7/28/2016, 10:14 pm

Hi excellent people of KayakForum,

New paddler doing my research prior to buying materials and getting to work.

I *love* the designs at YostWorks, particularly the Nikumi, Sea Rider, Sea Rover and Sea Bee, but all these kayaks are planned for people around 180 lbs. I'm 6'1" and circa 210 lbs.

Is there a magic ratio I can use to make these plans work for me, or am I just out of luck? The max load I saw on all of Tom Yost's site was 200.

Open to all advice and suggestion.

Cheers to everyone in advance from Long Beach, CA.

-Sean

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Skin-on-Frame: DIY SOF kayak for big & tall?
Sean McCauley -- 7/28/2016, 10:14 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 7/28/2016, 11:29 pm
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John VB -- 7/29/2016, 6:40 am
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Sean McCauley -- 7/29/2016, 1:22 pm
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John VB -- 7/30/2016, 3:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/29/2016, 6:40 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/29/2016, 8:15 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/29/2016, 8:36 am
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Sean McCauley -- 7/29/2016, 1:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2016, 12:02 am
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Sean McCauley -- 7/29/2016, 1:27 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/30/2016, 2:03 am
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Sean McCauley -- 7/30/2016, 7:53 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/30/2016, 8:25 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 7/30/2016, 9:01 am
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Sean McCauley -- 7/30/2016, 7:55 pm
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T Duncan -- 7/30/2016, 8:01 pm
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Jeff Horton (Kudzu Craft) -- 7/30/2016, 8:09 am
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Jeff Horton (Kudzu Craft) -- 7/30/2016, 8:14 am
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Sean McCauley -- 7/30/2016, 7:56 pm
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Rich Wagner -- 8/8/2016, 6:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/9/2016, 1:55 am