Date: 4/22/2010, 12:07 pm
Here is a link to one of the most useful and informative sites that I know of. It is interactive so you can set the desired lengths, speeds, etc..
The data covers kayaks from 1993 to 2003. It would be nice to see later models but I appreciate all the work that went into getting it to this point. Maybe Sea Kayaker would want to take this on.
I don't know the owner of this site but I would like to thank him.
http://www.unold.dk/paddling/articles/kayakvelocity.html
Best,
Reg
: I have looked over the performance curves of the various Guillemot
: kayaks. The Night Huron and Petrel appear to be similar to each
: other. I am also trying to compare the Nick Schade kayaks to
: commercial versions. From what I can surmise, the Night Huron
: and the Petrel have similar stability characteristics to the
: P&H Scorpio that I tested last year and liked. I am
: surprised that there are not more comparisons made between the
: strip built kayak kits and the commercial sea kayaks. It would
: be so much easier to choose a plan if you had tried a boat with
: a similar characteristic. You can easily find a commercial kayak
: that is being demo’d by a kayak shop, but it is much harder to
: find a local example of a strip built kayak you are looking to
: build.
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Eric Anderson -- 4/21/2010, 7:20 am- Data bank on Commercial kayaks 1993-2003
Reg Lake -- 4/22/2010, 12:07 pm- Re: Data bank on Commercial kayaks 1993-2003
Bill Hamm -- 4/25/2010, 12:36 am
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Joe Greenley -- 4/21/2010, 2:01 pm- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Eric Anderson -- 4/22/2010, 7:35 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Ian johnson -- 4/23/2010, 8:22 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2010, 9:23 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Gelu Botezan -- 1/1/2012, 3:03 pm- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Rob Macks------WebKitFormBoundarykHZ7kG4ZI7WSw+7N- -- 1/2/2012, 12:07 pm- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Gelu Botezan -- 1/2/2012, 2:51 pm- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 3:18 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Gelu Botezan -- 1/3/2012, 11:06 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2012, 3:53 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/2/2012, 1:09 pm - Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
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Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:09 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Gelu Botezan -- 1/2/2012, 4:45 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 1/2/2012, 6:23 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 2:59 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Etienne Muller -- 1/3/2012, 9:59 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2012, 3:52 am
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les cheeseman -- 1/2/2012, 7:01 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Etienne Muller -- 1/2/2012, 7:48 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Ian Cummins -- 1/2/2012, 9:35 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
les cheeseman -- 1/2/2012, 9:48 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Etienne Muller -- 1/2/2012, 12:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 6:19 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
les cheeseman -- 1/2/2012, 10:21 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2012, 2:57 am- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built
les cheeseman -- 1/3/2012, 9:14 am
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- Re: Strip: Commercial boats similar to strip built *PIC*
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Jay Babina -- 4/21/2010, 10:21 am - Re: Data bank on Commercial kayaks 1993-2003
- Data bank on Commercial kayaks 1993-2003