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Re: Strip: Another Pic.
By:les cheeseman
Date: 1/8/2012, 5:28 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Another Pic. (Greg New)

: Thanks for your reply Les. I was thinking that if I decide to do
: this that I would scale the entire design by some factor like
: 0.92. It would be pretty easy to reprint the station forms at a
: scaled factor (since I created the forms from Nick's book in a
: cad program) and then attach them to a shortened strongback
: according to the scaled dmensions. This would ensure that the
: original shape was retained but everything would be smaller.
: Since I believe the Guillemont is designed for a 250 lb load
: (paddler plus gear and boat weight) this should yield a boat
: that has a 230 lb capacity.

: Greg N.

Hi Greg.

I can see your thinking and since you have the figures in a CAD programme
it would not be a complete start from scratch.

I don't know what the scaling of the width would do to stability.
You're looking at OA 19.3" and WL 19.1". Before you go down this route
I think you should seek Nick's advice. It could just be very close to his Guillemot L.
You will have lost a whole lot more bouyancy than I did in my build since my mid
section was relatively unchanged. The greatest loss was in the length not normaly
in the water anyway.

Good luck anyhow, which ever route you decide to go down.

Les C.

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Strip: Another Pic. *NM* *PIC*
les cheeseman -- 12/31/2011, 3:33 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/31/2011, 4:54 am
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les cheeseman -- 12/31/2011, 6:31 am
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les cheeseman -- 12/31/2011, 7:02 am
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Rob -- 12/31/2011, 7:21 am
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les cheeseman -- 12/31/2011, 7:40 am
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Ian Cummins -- 12/31/2011, 11:29 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 12/31/2011, 12:43 pm
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les cheeseman -- 12/31/2011, 1:41 pm
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Mike Savage -- 12/31/2011, 4:12 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 12/31/2011, 6:15 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 12/31/2011, 6:58 pm
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les cheeseman -- 1/1/2012, 3:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:28 am
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les cheeseman -- 1/2/2012, 4:04 am
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Greg New -- 1/5/2012, 10:13 am
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les cheeseman -- 1/6/2012, 3:06 pm
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Greg New -- 1/7/2012, 10:53 pm
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les cheeseman -- 1/8/2012, 5:28 am
Check your math...
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/8/2012, 6:14 am