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Re: What I meant was .....
By:Brian Scarborough
Date: 9/27/2009, 10:50 pm
In Response To: What I meant was ..... (Kudzu)

I think it's time for this lady of yours to start building traditional skin on frame construction :) Flat, bent ribs would eliminate that plywood frame under her legs...

Brian

: Thanks Barry, but I wasn't clear at all in what I was asking. I guess I
: assumed everyone could read my mind. :)

: What I was thinking about was full length floors on top of or at least flush
: with the frame tops so you have a flat floor in the boat. The number one
: complaint is the frame at the cockpit hitting the back of your thigh. Had
: a lady paddle mine that liked to sit with her legs flat on the floor of
: her boat so this was really uncomfortable for her. So I am looking at
: options to install floors.

: I currently do something similar to what your doing, but just lash my seat
: boards in.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Floor boards?
Kudzu -- 9/27/2009, 9:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Floor boards?
Ruedi -- 9/29/2009, 8:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Floor boards?
Sean -- 9/29/2009, 9:14 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Floor boards?
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2009, 2:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Floor boards?
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2009, 2:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Floor boards?
Bill Hamm -- 9/28/2009, 12:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Floor boards? *LINK* *Pic*
barry boyette -- 9/27/2009, 2:16 pm
What I meant was .....
Kudzu -- 9/27/2009, 10:07 pm
Re: What I meant was .....
Brian Scarborough -- 9/27/2009, 10:50 pm
Re: What I meant was .....
barry boyette -- 9/27/2009, 10:26 pm
Re: What I meant was .....
Kudzu -- 9/28/2009, 8:54 am
Re: What I meant was .....
Sean -- 9/28/2009, 11:28 pm
Re: What I meant was .....
Kudzu -- 9/29/2009, 1:03 pm
Re: What I meant was .....
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2009, 2:04 am
Re: What I meant was .....
Sean -- 9/28/2009, 11:30 pm