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Re: Nicely done
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 3/14/2000, 1:56 pm
In Response To: Nicely done (Brian T. Cunningham)


> You do real quality work

Thanks Brian, Although I don't think you'd say that if you could see the first few strips I placed on the hull! The ends matched up poorly, had pretty big gaps between strips, and I was still perfecting a scarfing technique....I'm glad only the fishes will see that part!!

There's definitely a learning curve on strip kayaks, but it is a nice challenge after you get stitch & glue boats figured out. I recognize all of the comments on this post from the S&G builders. That was me a year ago... > "Man, I wish I was working on a strip boat!!"

I don't think I'll ever do another all-stitched boat. I am thinking of doing a stitched hull with a stripped deck. Doing the hull of a stripper, while good practice, gets boring. I think it would be fun to quickly knock out a S&G hull and then take plenty of time on the deck. I've started daydreaming about ways to merge the two styles together at the sheerline, like cutouts in the side panels that would be later filled with strips.

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
Shawn Baker -- 3/13/2000, 2:10 pm
Nicely done
Brian T. Cunningham -- 3/14/2000, 1:47 pm
Re: Nicely done
Shawn Baker -- 3/14/2000, 1:56 pm
Re: Nicely done
Nolan -- 3/16/2000, 8:10 am
Strip deck / S&G hull
Brian T. Cunningham -- 3/14/2000, 2:59 pm
Re: Strip deck / S&G hull
Don Beale -- 3/15/2000, 11:50 am
Re: Strip deck / S&G hull
Brian T. Cunningham -- 3/15/2000, 11:58 am
Photo Moratorium
Ken Finger -- 3/14/2000, 1:21 pm
Re: Photo Moratorium
Scotty -- 3/16/2000, 8:58 am
Re: Waldens
Ken Finger -- 3/16/2000, 11:33 am
Re: Walden (slightly bucolic, off topic?)
Scotty -- 3/16/2000, 12:31 pm
Re: I was hoping for an angry response
Ken Finger -- 3/16/2000, 1:11 pm
Re: Short and wide
Mike Hanks -- 3/16/2000, 4:34 pm
Re: Short and (not) wide
Ken Finger -- 3/17/2000, 7:37 am
Re: Short and (not) wide
Mike Hanks -- 3/17/2000, 12:01 pm
Re: Short and (not) wide
Ken Finger -- 3/17/2000, 12:52 pm
Re: Short and (not) wide
Chris Casazza -- 3/17/2000, 3:42 pm
Re: But I want to build it
Ken Finger -- 3/17/2000, 4:04 pm
Re: But I want to build it
Chris Casazza -- 3/17/2000, 4:18 pm
Re: Short and (not) wide floatation?
Mike Hanks -- 3/17/2000, 1:31 pm
Re: Short and (not) wide floatation?
Ken Finger -- 3/17/2000, 1:58 pm
Re: Scrunching a Walrus to 12'?
Scotty -- 3/16/2000, 2:51 pm
Re: Scrunching a Walrus to 12'?
Mike Hanks -- 3/16/2000, 4:19 pm
Re: Scrunching a Walrus to 12'?
Kelly Trehearne -- 3/17/2000, 4:19 am
Re: A Wooden Vision - Back on Topic
Ken Finger -- 3/16/2000, 3:10 pm
Re: A Wooden Vision , indeed!
Scotty -- 3/16/2000, 4:20 pm
Re: Teeny Tern
Scotty -- 3/16/2000, 3:16 pm
Re: Teeny Tern
Ken Finger -- 3/16/2000, 3:57 pm
Re: Teeny Tern?
lee -- 3/16/2000, 10:14 pm
Re: Teeny Tern?...Oops
Scotty -- 3/17/2000, 1:42 am
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
pete czerpak -- 3/14/2000, 7:56 am
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
mike allen ---} -- 3/13/2000, 11:34 pm
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/13/2000, 6:56 pm
Got that old loving feeling
Jack -- 3/14/2000, 10:56 am
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
Spidey -- 3/13/2000, 6:07 pm
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
Dale Frolander -- 3/13/2000, 4:50 pm
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
Tony -- 3/13/2000, 5:06 pm
Ivory inlays?
Dale Frolander -- 3/13/2000, 5:42 pm
no ivory, please.
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/14/2000, 9:19 pm
A discussion on easing the ivory ban
Ed Valley -- 3/16/2000, 12:47 pm
Re: no ivory, please.
Tony -- 3/15/2000, 5:46 pm
Re: Guillemot Photos - looking good
Mike Hanks -- 3/13/2000, 4:40 pm
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
Hank -- 3/13/2000, 4:32 pm
Re: Guillemot Photos Finally (image)
Ross Leidy -- 3/13/2000, 2:30 pm