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Re: Seeking: Extremely Stable Single Sea Design
By:Bob Branstrom
Date: 12/10/2001, 12:10 pm
In Response To: Seeking: Extremely Stable Single Sea Design (Tim Johnson)

Tim--
Pygmy's Osprey Standard might be a useful boat for you. It's 24" beam makes it more stable than narrower boats and it is multi-chine. Because of its wide beam, it has a lot of storage, despite it's moderate length (15'8"). The downside for you is that they only sell it in kit form, ie, no plans. However, the predecessor model, the Golden Eye, does have plans available. It has essentially the same hull, but only a two-piece deck, so the higher shear might get in your way if your paddle stroke is close to the boat. But, if you're going to use this more as a tender on your mini-trawler rather than as a heavily used sea kayak, it might do the trick.
Bob
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: Hi all! I would like to carry 2 single kayaks on my mini-trawler. They won't
: be easy to get in from the trawler. They should be very beamy and hard
: multiple chined for stability, like folboats. I am an inexperienced
: builder with limited skill but need to build my own to keep costs down. I
: would prefer the tortured plywood or stitch and glue to strip built. Do
: ya'll know of any plans to meet these requirements? Thanks all, Tim

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Extremely Stable Single Sea Design
Tim Johnson -- 12/10/2001, 1:37 am
Re: Seeking: Extremely Stable Single Sea Design
Bob Branstrom -- 12/10/2001, 12:10 pm
Re: Seeking: Extremely Stable Single Sea Design
Bob Marshall -- 12/10/2001, 12:41 pm
Re: Seeking: Extremely Stable Single Sea Design
LeeG -- 12/10/2001, 7:39 am