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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 1/29/2011, 6:12 am

: Looks good! What are the dimensions? Weight?

Thanks! We wanted another small kayak so that my wife an I could each take one of the girls when they get tired of paddling their own. I built it rugged to withstand many years of abuse from rocks, branches and kids. It's made primarily with 1/2" ACX plywood and northern white cedar. I could have trimmed that 32 lb weight down considerably. The floor, for instance, is 1/2" ply ACX (it was all I had left and didn't want to buy a whole extra sheet)! The extra epoxy needed to fill the Vectracloth added extra too (yes, I did apply a seal coat).

STATS
LOA = 13.0'
LWL = 12.6'
Beam,OA = 24"
Beam,WL = 21.8"
Draft = 4.5"
Displacement = 225 lb
Cockpit: 45" x 15"
Weight = 32 lb

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectracloth Skin *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/28/2011, 5:17 am
pic of bare frame *NM* *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/28/2011, 5:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/28/2011, 7:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/28/2011, 8:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/29/2011, 6:26 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/29/2011, 6:56 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dave Gentry -- 1/28/2011, 10:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/29/2011, 6:12 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Bill Hamm -- 1/29/2011, 6:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rec Boat with Dacron/Vectraclot
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/29/2011, 10:56 am