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Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
By:Charlie
Date: 7/31/2009, 10:48 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak (Bill Hamm)

This is just a guess, but I think you are going to have serious C/G problems because of the narrowness of the design. Standard SOTs are all fairly wide (28-32") because their seating positions are slightly elevated over the standard sit-on-the-bottom position. Your C/G looks like it will be well above the waterline.

: Efficiency gains are hard to guess and even harder to model outside of
: professional naval architecture programs which I can't afford. The boat
: has a 22" beam so should be relatively easy to paddle. Sit on top and
: feet are in the hulls.

: Should (finally) have it in the water in a couple weeks at most and then
: we'll see.

: Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak *Pic*
Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2009, 3:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak *Pic*
John F Monroe -- 8/4/2009, 4:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Bill Hamm -- 8/5/2009, 2:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
John F Monroe -- 8/6/2009, 3:19 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/6/2009, 1:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/6/2009, 1:09 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/11/2009, 6:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/12/2009, 1:51 am
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Etienne Muller------WebKitFormBoundaryra5d+DJOr5+g -- 8/1/2009, 4:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2009, 1:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
wwfloyd -- 7/31/2009, 3:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/31/2009, 3:35 pm
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Scott Shurlow -- 7/31/2009, 6:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/31/2009, 9:18 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
wwfloyd -- 7/31/2009, 10:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/1/2009, 12:36 am
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Kudzu -- 7/31/2009, 8:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/31/2009, 9:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Kudzu -- 7/31/2009, 2:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Bill Hamm -- 8/1/2009, 12:54 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak *Pic*
Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2009, 3:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2009, 4:15 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Ruedi Klein -- 7/30/2009, 9:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2009, 9:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Charlie -- 7/31/2009, 10:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
Bill Hamm -- 7/31/2009, 11:04 am