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Re: Interesting little challenge
By:Dave Houser
Date: 7/8/2011, 3:12 pm
In Response To: Interesting little challenge (Jay Babina)

: You only need two 1/4 sections. 1/4 of the deck and 1/4 or the hull
: that you mirror and trace.

: take card board and make an L shape - like a fat framing square.
: have someone hold that flat across the deck and against the side
: of the kayak. then you take chunks of cardboard (5" wide by
: whatever length you need) and tape those like tiles to the
: cardboard framing square touching the deck, describing the
: shape. Then trace the shape on another piece of cardboard and
: you have 1/2 the deck. You do that with the boat upside down and
: you get 1/2 of the hull. You can get a pretty good hull and deck
: cross section that way. The more little filler pieces you tape
: in, the more accuracy you get.

Old business cards work great.

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Pat -- 7/7/2011, 1:00 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/7/2011, 2:14 pm
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StephenHJ -- 7/7/2011, 2:42 pm
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David Bynoe -- 7/7/2011, 3:11 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/7/2011, 6:19 pm
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David Bynoe -- 7/8/2011, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2011, 6:21 am
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Reg Lake -- 7/7/2011, 4:03 pm
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Steve Hill -- 7/7/2011, 4:39 pm
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george jung -- 7/9/2011, 12:05 am
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Rob Hallett -- 7/7/2011, 4:14 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/7/2011, 6:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2011, 6:24 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/7/2011, 6:28 pm
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Pat -- 7/8/2011, 4:45 am
Interesting little challenge
Jay Babina -- 7/8/2011, 7:57 am
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Dave Houser -- 7/8/2011, 3:12 pm
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JohnK -- 7/8/2011, 9:31 pm