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Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 5/29/1998, 3:31 pm
In Response To: Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark (Rob Cochrane)

If you scale the same percentage in all directions, you should get a larger version of the same exact boat. If you're 20 percent heavier than me, and I like my boat, and you like the same things in a boat that I do, then if you multiply ALL dimensions by 1.2, you should get very similar results. If I'm wrong, I don't see the logic breakdown. Now, I don't have kayak experience, but it seems to work that way in sailboats.

I hope some of the kayaking heavyweights (in experience, that is) wil weigh in on this topic.

> Mark all !! I am certain Nick would concur that scaling is not
> a matter of expanding all direction. The beam for the most part would
> stay the same. Depth would increase WL beam may increase etc.etc

> I would do the design myself and I have a number or round bilge
> designs but I have never stripped a Kayak only a Canoe so I not certain
> what to allow for AND Nick's boats are COOL

Messages In This Thread

Cigars for everyone!
Rick Rubio -- 5/28/1998, 1:56 pm
Re: Thanks for all the advice!!!
Brian W -- 5/29/1998, 6:36 am
Re: How to link specifically when frames are used.
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 10:29 am
Re: Cigars for everyone!
Mark Kanzler -- 5/28/1998, 3:26 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Rob Cochrane -- 5/28/1998, 5:38 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Nick Schade -- 5/29/1998, 7:08 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Wes Boyd -- 5/30/1998, 12:18 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 7:57 pm
Re: Big or "up-scaled" designs
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 5/29/1998, 7:42 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 10:39 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Dan Lindberg -- 5/30/1998, 12:42 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 2:11 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 1:11 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Rob Cochrane -- 5/29/1998, 3:23 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Nick Schade -- 5/29/1998, 7:24 pm
Re Scaling plans
Roger Tulk -- 5/30/1998, 2:07 pm
Re: Twelve step program
Mark Kanzler -- 5/31/1998, 4:22 pm
Re: Twelve step program
Mark Kanzler -- 5/31/1998, 4:44 pm
Re: Twelve step program
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 5/31/1998, 6:27 pm
Re: Twelve step program
Roger Tulk -- 5/31/1998, 6:44 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Paul Jacobson -- 5/31/1998, 1:52 am
Re: Re Scaling plans
Mark Kanzler -- 5/31/1998, 4:28 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Mark Kanzler -- 5/31/1998, 4:41 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Roger Tulk -- 5/31/1998, 3:23 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Paul Jacobson -- 5/31/1998, 8:28 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Roger Tulk -- 5/31/1998, 10:08 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Nick Schade -- 5/31/1998, 3:51 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Roger Tulk -- 5/31/1998, 6:50 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Mark Kanzler -- 5/31/1998, 4:32 pm
Re: Re Scaling plans
Rick C. -- 5/30/1998, 2:33 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 3:31 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
Rob Cochrane -- 5/29/1998, 5:53 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
Nick Schade -- 5/29/1998, 7:35 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
Rob Cochrane -- 5/30/1998, 5:16 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 6:38 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
Mike Spence -- 5/29/1998, 5:04 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Volume
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 5/29/1998, 6:26 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Volume
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 7:52 pm
Re:Scaling Designs To Get a Larger Version of Same Boat
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 6:25 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Dan Lindberg -- 5/29/1998, 1:45 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 2:09 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 10:22 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Rick C. -- 5/29/1998, 11:55 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
David Dick -- 5/30/1998, 12:47 am
Re: NOW you tell me!
Rick C. -- 5/29/1998, 11:11 pm
Re: NOW you tell me!
Roger Tulk -- 5/31/1998, 12:05 am
Re: NOW you tell me!
Rick C. -- 5/30/1998, 2:29 pm
Re: NOW you tell me!
Mark Kanzler -- 5/31/1998, 4:51 pm
Re: NOW you tell me!
Mark Kanzler -- 5/30/1998, 9:08 am
Re: Flexibility
Roger Tulk -- 5/30/1998, 12:34 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/30/1998, 12:13 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Rick C. -- 5/29/1998, 10:47 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Rgoer Tulk -- 5/29/1998, 10:41 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Rob Cochrane -- 5/29/1998, 3:15 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Roger Tulk -- 5/31/1998, 12:17 am
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Jerry Weinraub -- 5/31/1998, 3:05 pm
Re: Cigars for everyone! Not Mark
Wes Boyd -- 5/28/1998, 11:09 pm
Re: Displacement issue...
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 5/28/1998, 6:51 pm