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Re: decorative strips
By:addison
Date: 10/6/2000, 11:57 am
In Response To: decorative strips (STEVE POLLCK)

: At the Newfound Rendezvous, I saw a boat with a very impressive decorative
: strip below the shear line. I believe it was one of eric shades boats.
: Anyway, it was made with a series of trapazoids and triangles. I would
: like to do something similar to that and was wondering if anyone could
: shed some light as to how is the best way to accomplish putting on such a
: strip.
: Would it be best to construct a 19 foot strip consisting on trapazoids and
: triangle and hope that it has enough flexibility to conform to the hull
: shape or as I read in Nicks book, only glue the bottom edges of the shapes
: to a long strip so as to retain flexibility.
:
: Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks - Steve
:
Mac McCarthy wrote an article on how he creates "feature" strips for his canoes, below is a link to the article. addison

Messages In This Thread

decorative strips
STEVE POLLCK -- 10/6/2000, 9:09 am
Re: decorative strips
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/6/2000, 5:56 pm
Re: decorative strips/ material choices
Todd -- 10/10/2000, 5:59 pm
Re: decorative strips
addison -- 10/6/2000, 11:57 am
Re: decorative strips
jason -- 10/6/2000, 12:11 pm
Get a copy of Kayakcraft
Brian Nystrom -- 10/6/2000, 10:22 am