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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/29/2010, 12:15 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water (Roger D)

: Just finished a modified night heron double. I built it SOF and
: shortened it top to bottom and side to side. The length remains
: @ 21'. Now the fun part. :( When my wife and I are paddling, the
: first 3' or so of the bow are out of the water. I followed the
: waterline of the plans very closely. Any ideas on what to do
: now? Roger

This is one of the hazards of changing a design, change one thing and many other things change. If you can't do the calculations long hand need to run the modified design thru one of the modeling software programs to insure that the changes will actually work.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water
Roger D -- 4/28/2010, 7:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water
Mike Bielski -- 4/29/2010, 9:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water
Roger D -- 4/29/2010, 11:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/9/2010, 3:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water
Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2010, 12:15 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Bow out of water
Allan -- 4/28/2010, 9:14 pm