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Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 9/27/2011, 3:01 pm
In Response To: Strip: coaming - no lip? (Bill VerSteeg)

Historic Greenland kayaks do not have a lip. The tuilik was tied to the coaming so tightly that it would seal out the water. That's one of the reasons why rolling was so important- really hard to get out again.

I would at least put a riser on because it would give you the option of using a spray deck of some kind without as great a fear of entrapment. IMO- kayaking is WAY more fun when water from your paddle isn't running all over your legs every time you dip your paddle in the water.

I really like a composite coaming of some kind- but I didn't like all of the steps of "Vaclav's method." On mine I made a sacrificial mold of minicell temporarily glued to the hull with repositionable spray adhesive, then I covered it with aluminum foil I had coated with mold release wax. I used biaxial CF tape, when I was done laying it up I pulled the foam away, leaving the coaming.

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Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill VerSteeg -- 9/27/2011, 10:31 am
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Bob Beaullieu -- 9/27/2011, 11:24 am
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Al Edie -- 9/27/2011, 12:00 pm
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Bill VerSteeg -- 9/28/2011, 8:56 am
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Jay Babina -- 9/27/2011, 1:50 pm
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Bill VerSteeg -- 9/28/2011, 8:53 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/27/2011, 2:16 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/27/2011, 3:01 pm
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Al Edie -- 9/29/2011, 1:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2011, 3:51 pm
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Al Edie -- 9/30/2011, 11:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/3/2011, 1:57 am
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Al Edie -- 10/3/2011, 1:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2011, 2:36 am
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Charles Robinson -- 9/27/2011, 5:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/28/2011, 2:04 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip? *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 9/28/2011, 2:28 pm
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Bill VerSteeg -- 9/28/2011, 2:37 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 9/28/2011, 4:01 pm
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StephenHJ -- 9/28/2011, 4:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2011, 2:05 am