Kayak Building

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For discussion surround the building kayaks and similar small boats

Build Overview Video

Submitted byadmin onFri, 10/26/2018 - 08:55

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John Messinger RIP

Submitted byadmin onMon, 10/15/2018 - 17:36

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Some of you may remember John Messinger he was a prolific poster on the KayakForum.

Sadly he passed away during a kayak race yesterday. Another friend of mine was in the race reported that "He capsized with a mile to go and was face down in the water when we got to him less than a minute later. Despite efforts of competitors, safety boat, EMT personnel, Life Star, etc. he was pronounced dead at Hartford Hospital. "

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Public Service Announcement - Bow lines

Submitted byfrankp onFri, 10/05/2018 - 15:09

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I finished re-decking my S&G with a strip deck, new skeg and some other mods. At the same time I re-skinned one of my SOFs. Today I loaded them both up for rechristening. Unfortunately, tragedy struck. I have a bow line that I've had on my car wrapped up in the grill, all summer. It decided to snap at ~60 mph today and my boats ripped the roof rack off my car. Nothing I can't fix with respect to the boats, and luckily no one was following too closely so the only damage is to my roof rack and my boats.

S&G Petrel - Fillets and Sanding Them

Submitted bykoineboy onWed, 10/03/2018 - 11:38

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Hi,

I'm building the Petrel S&G kit, and I glassed the hull successfully but not without several "Oh no!" moments.

I wasn't fast enough to lay fillets down the length of the boat and get the cloth in place and wetted out before the fillets kicked. I'm slow.

I want to put in the fillets one day and glass another. If I lightly sand the fillets, can I do this?

Thanks,

Mike

Thread for SOF

Submitted byfrankp onSun, 09/30/2018 - 23:15

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I built a SOF kayak a while back that I skinned with a PVC skin. Turns out that the way the skin fit the frame didn't allow me to get a good seal on all the seams and it took on a lot of water. I was bilging every 15 minutes. So, I've decided to reskin it with a nylon/polyester (not sure which) skin. The skin is already treated and is incredibly light, I would say 6 or 7 ounces at most.

Carlson Hull Design Software

Submitted bygtevault onThu, 09/27/2018 - 10:28

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I've been trying to make sense of Hulls 1.91 but have totally failed. I can't find a manual so I'm using the "Alternative Tutorial" which mentions an offset table but I can't bring it up; I get an explanation of the X, Y, and Z coordinates instead. I would also like to print cross sections but can't find a way to print. Does Hulls zoom in and out? Pan?
These are only a few of my questions! Can someone help me out here?

Building a woodstrip canoe. What would be the best way to cut, mill and dry the wood?

Submitted byharrykane140693 onThu, 09/27/2018 - 05:06

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I'm starting my first serious attempt at building a woodstrip canoe after playing around with SOF constructions before.

The thing is I can only work on the boat for about three weeks per year. I'm building the boat in Northern Finland but I live elsewhere in Europe. Therefore i want to be efficient with my time.

dust collector

Submitted bywarren williamson onSun, 09/16/2018 - 21:05

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i'm going to get a new powermatic table saw and i'm thinking about getting the pm 1300 tx-ck dust collector. does anyone know anything about this dust collector ?