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Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/31/2009, 11:04 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: catamaran kayak (Charlie)

: 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.

I've got a Cobra Eliminator that's overall 23" wide but only maybe 18" wide at the waterline and I sit above the waterline on that one. I'm pretty used to unstable kayaks :)

The cat's actually about 23" beam, not as narrow as it looks. Also has around 6" of draft, have to get the buoyancy somehow.

Going to try the temporary poly covering method today and take to the lake and see if it floats before I use the fairly expensive covering to cover it permanantly. I'll forward pictures :)

Bill H.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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