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Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 7/12/1998, 9:59 am

I just returned from the bathroom, where I read: (from Chris Kulczyki's book)

Always stack left and right side panels and shape them together to assure that all the panels on the right side will be EXACT mirror images of the panels on the left side. If there is ANY difference between the panels from one side compared to the other it will most likely manifest itself as a crooked boat.

I'd be interested to know whether the crooked boats we are hearing about were built with extreme attention to panel symmetry.

Messages In This Thread

Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 9:59 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
NPenney -- 7/13/1998, 10:51 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Don Beale -- 7/13/1998, 1:15 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Rob Cochrane -- 7/12/1998, 11:06 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 11:20 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 11:46 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
NPenney -- 7/14/1998, 2:18 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
George Burns -- 7/14/1998, 4:36 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
L.C. -- 7/14/1998, 10:02 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Wynne -- 7/14/1998, 2:14 pm
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 11:43 am
Re: Would a strongback really help though?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:39 am
Re: Crooked Stitch and Glue Kayak Avoidance.
Scotty Morrison -- 7/12/1998, 7:04 pm
Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Paul Jacobson -- 7/12/1998, 9:10 pm
Delay on Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Paul Jacobson -- 7/14/1998, 12:26 pm
Re: Delay on Greenland style S&G kayak from Putz plans
Scotty Morrison -- 7/14/1998, 7:50 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 12:07 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration
Paul Jacobson -- 7/13/1998, 3:15 am
Re: Strongback Configuration (I Like The Looks Of This Method)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 4:32 pm
Re: Strongback Configuration (I Like The Looks Of This Method)
Hans Friedel -- 7/15/1998, 1:06 am
Re: Geoge Putz Book (what, no link?)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 1:36 pm
Re: Other George Putz Books
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 1:40 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 10:42 am
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Rob Cochrane -- 7/15/1998, 2:27 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/15/1998, 4:00 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Paul Jacobson -- 7/13/1998, 7:05 pm
Re: Freeboard (no, not Lynard Skynard)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:01 am