Mark Hardies wrote: >1. I was wanting some feed back regarding > Strip-Built S-B vs Stich-and-Glue S-G construction > techniques? I have built a CLC Chesapeake 16 S&G and a Guillemot S-B. I don't feel that there is a big difference in difficulty in building with the two methods. Strip builts take more time and the results can be beautiful. Nick's Kayak Builders' BB is a great source of information on building techniques. http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi >2. Has anyone paddled a Guillemot kayak by > Nick Shade and what did you think of it? I really like the handling of the Guillemot, but as Shawn says, it does not track well. Nick Schade's Expedition Single, which is slightly longer than his Guillemot design, tracks very straight. If you decide to built a stripper, buy a good book on the method. Nick's book is excellent, being very detailed, well illustrated, and a fun read. I used the offsets from Nick's book, put them into spreadsheets and printed out my forms. Once I had one spreadsheet set up with the formulae in place, I just had to save then substitute the next form's numbers, then save that as a new filename. It went quickly and was not difficult. >4. Are there other designs that you > would recomend instead of these and why? There are many good designs out there. It is best to try them out. John *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 15 2000 - 16:05:36 PDT
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