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Re: You are a bad influence
By:pikabike
Date: 12/16/2004, 3:19 pm
In Response To: So when you gonna build your next project, Pike? (Robert N Pruden)

Naw, I don't plan to build another one soon, though I recently bought some tools (spokeshave etc.) so I can carve a Greenland paddle to my size. Finding a nice WRC 2x4 looks like it's going to be a challenge, though. I bought a slab of Douglas fir thinking I'd use that (no knots whatsoever, and the grain looks really good) but man, is it HEAVY. I also read that its splinters tend to become "septic"...sounds like it'd be nasty to work with. Think I'll save it for some other use.

The reason I hesitate on building another boat is that I'm not entirely sold on the hard-chined hull of S&Gs. The kayak carves turns soooo nicely and tracks well, but I don't like how it slapslapslaps the water if I sit in one place and hipflick it from one side to another. (Returns easily to upright, though.) Silly, I know. I guess I worry about what that slapping means in rough water--gotta wait for late spring to find out. My soft-chined plastic yak has more of a slippery, "rolly" feel when doing the same thing, which I like.

Yeah, I know the solution is to build a strip hull. Now, how can I possibly learn from one build if I change to a different type next time?!

Messages In This Thread

S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Patrick, Kentucky -- 12/15/2004, 10:49 pm
64 lbs here w 5 mm ply, 6 oz glass both sides *LINK* *Pic*
Henk Aling -- 12/19/2004, 11:20 am
Re: 64 lbs here w 5 mm ply, 6 oz glass both sides
LeeG -- 12/19/2004, 12:12 pm
Re: Hurry now, pay later
pikabike -- 12/16/2004, 1:35 pm
So when you gonna build your next project, Pike?
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 2:04 pm
Re: You are a bad influence
pikabike -- 12/16/2004, 3:19 pm
Speaking of WRC 2x4's...
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 7:24 pm
Re: Speaking of WRC 2x4's...
Joe -- 12/17/2004, 1:21 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
CFronzek -- 12/16/2004, 12:23 pm
So THAAAAAT'S why it's called 6-oz glass
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 2:01 pm
45-lbs tops for a 16'er
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 10:13 am
Re: 45-lbs tops...Off Topic (slightly) for Robert
Gayle Rhodes -- 12/16/2004, 12:49 pm
Re: 45-lbs tops...Off Topic (slightly) for Robert
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 1:59 pm
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Joy -- 12/16/2004, 9:31 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Mike Scarborough -- 12/16/2004, 9:13 am
over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
LeeG -- 12/16/2004, 10:12 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
JohnT -- 12/19/2004, 8:58 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
LeeG -- 12/19/2004, 11:17 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
JohnT -- 12/19/2004, 6:26 pm
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
LeeG -- 12/16/2004, 1:59 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Randy Ricchi -- 12/16/2004, 8:30 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Chris Ostlind -- 12/16/2004, 12:14 am
I think that was Chip, Chris, pas de moi
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 10:15 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why? *Pic*
Lloyd E. Peterson -- 12/15/2004, 11:32 pm