Re: [Paddlewise] Nadgee, Max, Boat Copying / Seguin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Treby" <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au>
> This is exactly the sort of design process that produces better and
> different boats. I think this is a permissible and creative method of
trying
> out ideas. But if Rob Bryant adopted Matt's attitude, would a chop down of
> his design be a rip off?

Personaly I feel I could not build and market a chopped (lowered only as I
did) version of the Seguin without some form of compensation to Mr Briant.
It is a Seguin and anyone could take measurement from it and prove it is his
hull design. I would not do so anyhow as it is not a particularly wonderful
design. It is fine and I have a sentimental attachment to it as it was the
first kayak I built, and I do not wish to detract from his work, but it does
have several faults one would need to correct. Firstly it pushes water like
the Anas. It carries a lot of its width from the seat position to about
where your feet would be and this interupts the flow of things. It also has
a nagging weather cocking problem I corrected w/ a permanent skeg.

> Does the Chupacabras demand royalties? I don't
> think so.

Here I agree with you as it would be had to find any real numbers
simmilarities with the Seguin.
a completely different boat.

> Both boats look great. Is the stitch and glue hull combined with a fabric
> deck watertight and robust?

Thanks. The soft deck is rugged enough when compared to a skin on frame
boat. Is it something that will stand up the test of time??? only time will
tell. It is water tight?? yes, and the idea of the polyetheline tube inside
a sleve as a coaming is real nice. It is flexible,(depreses out of the way
on lay-back manouvers) light, simple and works well.
It is not my original idea as I coppied it from the Maynard/Lewis boat in
VT.
http://www.qajaqusa.org/gallery/madness_2004/Brians_Qajaq
http://www.qajaqusa.org/gallery/madness_2004/507_G
michael
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