>> Lastly, I noticed that the deck of my Artic Hawk (which is built very light) is a bit too flexible. The inflated bow and stern air bags help to stiffen the whole deck. - Scott >> *********************************************************************** The deck of my Romany doesn't flex, but then, it is one of those overbuilt British battleships. One advantage of this is that you don't need to reinforce the deck before installing towing hardware. :-) Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Chuck, Ouch! Is that the sound of my own words being shot back at me? ;-) I still say that British glass boats are overbuilt. My Nordkapp must have weighed close to 60 pounds! But yes, there are some advantages to being stout! My Artich Hawk is not laid up too light. I have climbed all over the deck while practicing wet re-entry's (ok, so my roll is not 100% yet!), and there are no stress cracks or serious groans. But, yes my deck does flex more than a British boat. As I said, my airbags act as a series of supporting arches, and they realy stiffen things up. However Chuck, I must stand fast on this issue: I'll take a flexible deck and a 15 pound weight savings anyday! - Scott Chuck wrote: > The deck of my Romany doesn't flex, but then, it is one of those > overbuilt British battleships. One advantage of this is that you don't > need to reinforce the deck before installing towing hardware. :-) > > Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 10:43 PM 10/10/98 -0400, Scott Ives wrote: >Chuck, > > Ouch! Is that the sound of my own words being shot back at me? ;-) > > I still say that British glass boats are overbuilt. My Nordkapp must >have weighed close to 60 pounds! But yes, there are some advantages to >being stout! My Artich Hawk is not laid up too light. I have climbed >all over the deck while practicing wet re-entry's (ok, so my roll is not >100% yet!), and there are no stress cracks or serious groans. > > But, yes my deck does flex more than a British boat. As I said, my >airbags act as a series of supporting arches, and they realy stiffen >things up. However Chuck, I must stand fast on this issue: I'll take a >flexible deck and a 15 pound weight savings anyday! > > - Scott I also have a Arctic Hawk without bulkheads that weighs in at 42 lbs.Yes its deck is flexible ,,buuutt when in the water it does not matter as it would on land. With out the airbags I could probably stand on the deck and crack it but in the water with the give it is fine. Similar to a skin boat , you would not want to sit on most of them on land either . On water they do well, which is where a kayak should be any how. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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