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Thread: Greenland style kayak, skin boat
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6th March 2008, 07:01 AM #16Novice
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wooden surfboards
Hey you strip built kayak builders. Here's another good one: Wooden surfboards! Just started a few and they are great fun. Have a look at the slideshow: "building wooden surfboards in sydney pt.1" on www.youtube.com for pics of the process. Halfway through the first three and they are looking good.
Cheers
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6th March 2008, 09:17 PM #17
Ya know what would be really cool to cover it with.
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Cleer heatshrink plastic
Or even better...... ROSCO Shrink mirror......its a mirror finish heat shrinkable plastic.........It wouldn't be sea worthy. but hell you could hang it as a mirror ball
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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7th March 2008, 08:13 AM #18
see-through kayaks
Soundman,
Check out the following site -
http://yostwerks.com/DesignsMenuWood.html
(you may have to cut & paste, not sure if link works).
Chris has designed some great kayaks, and done a few covered in clear vinyl (or something). They look sensational...and you could see the fish
Regards,
Darren
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7th March 2008, 08:21 PM #19Senior Member
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Tom Yost is a bit of a Legend. He has recnetly added instructions for non- folding kayaks. Wish I had them when I did this one. Fabric courtesy of Spotlight- $22/m from memory, so kind of expensive for a skin that you need to be so careful of
James
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7th March 2008, 10:09 PM #20
Great Kayak James
What's the actual material you used? And how fragile is it? And one more...what sort of timber did you use?
Thanks for the correction too...it's Tom, not Chris Yost So much for doing it from memory.
Regards,
Darren
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7th March 2008, 10:54 PM #21
very funky, but it would be a sauna inside one of those in our climate
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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8th March 2008, 06:54 AM #22Senior Member
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TK1
the material is tablecloth vinyl from Spotlight. It is not very durable and I ended up with some small tears after a rocky landing at Noosa. Just patched it up with clear tape from our local camping place. I probably should have glued on some more robust fabric "keelstrips".
Another problem I found is that like Soundman I live in SE Qld. Although the boat is no hotter to paddle than any of my regular kayaks, the clear skin shows off any mold inside the boat very well. I am hoping to launch a rolling kayak this afternoon and have skinned it in builders plastic and duct tape to test it out. I am planning on ordering polyester skin from Dustcotech in Brisbane for the rolling boat once I am happy with the fitting etc. I spoke with Emily in sales last week and they have some suitable product, unfortunately it is $30/ Metre
The timber in both these boats is a mix of hoop pine, slash pine and some pine pallets I got for free (deck beams and ribs). the hardest part for me was locating the 17 foot clear timber for the stringers and gunwales. I would like to use WRC for the next boat to cut the weight. even so it is a very manageable 1 person lift onto our 4wd.
regards,
James
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8th March 2008, 12:40 PM #23
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29th September 2012, 01:46 PM #24New Member
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Best timber for ribs
Hi Tunahound,
Nice kayak. I’m jealous!! I’m up to the rib stage. I tried Tassie Oak with no luck after soaking for 3 days and steaming. Do you have any suggestions on wood selection and where to get it?
Cheers
Tony
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