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    Urethane Kayak Skin

    Here is the link to the skin material used by First Light Kayaks Folding Kayaks by FirstLight if anyone wants to follow it up. Haven't seen many reviews of their kayaks, so not sure how good it is,...
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    Pultruded versus wound mandrel carbon tube

    Hi Chuck, interesting to read your comments. My carbon tubes were made by C-Tech in Auckland, New Zealand. They are mandrel wound pre-preg carbon with a Young's modulus of about 95GPa. I have been...
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    Hi Chuck - good to see the close up pictures of...

    Hi Chuck - good to see the close up pictures of the skin on your kayak. I'm definitely interested in alternatives to the PVC, will have to look at a source of the hyperlon - problem down her is...
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    Hi Chuck, good to hear our thoughts. As far as...

    Hi Chuck, good to hear our thoughts. As far as posting pictures goes, there are two ways.

    If the picture is already on the WWW somewhere (for example if you've put it up on Flickr or similar,...
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    Hi Chuck, thanks for the comments. I re...

    Hi Chuck, thanks for the comments.

    I re -read my comment about your design and it came across as dismissive of your efforts, for which I apologise, it wasn't my intention at all. It's a very...
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    Hi Bill, I've posted some pictures of a mock-up...

    Hi Bill, I've posted some pictures of a mock-up of the marine ply frame/HDPE corner concept on my Flickr photoset:

    http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4718622577_15e54ab673.jpg
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    WOODEN Cockpit coaming

    Have added some more pictures of the cockpit coaming and associated construction to my flickr page:

    Folding Sea Kayak - a set on Flickr

    Will tidy it up with a few more comments and order when I...
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    Yes, wood can hold it's own against the high tech...

    Yes, wood can hold it's own against the high tech composites because it is a high tech composite - Of cellulose and lignin, with some engineering at cellular level that the human engineers can only...
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    As you're now using some wood in the kayak, I...

    As you're now using some wood in the kayak, I guess that means we can continue to discuss it here!
    A couple of issues: HDPE corners need to be both sides of the ply so things hold together. As the...
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    Hi Scott, these are the people who made up the...

    Hi Scott, these are the people who made up the carbon tube for my kayak:
    C-Tech Carbon Tube - Round - www.carbon-tube.com

    As you can see, about NZ$40 per metre which is a lot better than your...
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    Pictures on Flickr

    Hi Everyone, I'm just figuring getting a photoset of the kayak construction up on Flickr. I might end up linking to the individual photos here with some more description/information, but in the...
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    What I mean to say is I believe you could build...

    What I mean to say is I believe you could build the folding version to the same rocker as the hard-shell version on the strong back, be prepared to put some cords/straps lengthways at deck level to...
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    Bufflehead Folder

    Hi Brian, I'd approach that particular problem by just ignoring it.

    Most of Tom's designs have little rocker, but that's inherent in the style of the design and use. They're not designed to do...
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    Hi Bill, you mention using "HDPP ex industrial...

    Hi Bill, you mention using "HDPP ex industrial cutting mat" Do you mean high density polypropylene, or is the last P a typo? I'd be dubious about using polypropylene for the cross frames, I had a...
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    "Determination and self belief"

    Hi Brian, good to hear from you. "Determination and self belief" - maybe, but I also had a fair idea of what I didn't know, and the journey I'd have to take to get there.

    One big plus of the...
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    Hi Bill, I agree that the Sea Otter design...

    Hi Bill,

    I agree that the Sea Otter design would serve your needs well. My design was the result of a long process and ideas I wanted to try out, and I'm happy with the result, but if you got...
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    Total surface area

    anewhouse:

    I just checked the numbers on total hull surface area, it's 4.74 m2

    Multiply the hull and deck areas by the respective g/m2 and it comes out at 2.53 kg, add about another 500g for...
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    More details on construction

    Thanks for the interest.

    Skin is 600g/m2 on the hull, 400g/m2 on the deck. There are zips most of the length of the front and rear deck, the assembled frame goes in through the rear zip opening...
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    10 kg Folding Sea Kayak

    I'm not sure if it counts as a "wooden boat", but some of it is wood, and I'm planning to replace more of the HDPE with wood to make it lighter.

    The beginning of the idea was to make a full size,...
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