Message-Id: <97Sep23.084120edt.14754-2@prufire1.prusec.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:22:29 -0400
From: carl_vonkleistiii <carl_vonkleistiii@PRUSEC.COM>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: waterproofing
Paul R. LaBrie wrote:
>
> P.A. Lucas wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> > I would be interested in more details of the boat. I'm deep in reading
> > and research for my own project, but there's no substitute for "hands
> > on". I'm in PA.
> > Regards,
> > Paul A,. Lucas
>
> Hi Paul,It is a replica of the 5.8 meter Aleut baidarka that is in
> Zimmerley's book "Qajaq". I don't have a calculator handy but 5.8 meters is
> roughly twenty feet in length. It has a fairly narrow beam (about 19"-20")
> and has a very low profile. It tracks VERY well. The cockpit is small, as it
> is for most replicas (the Aleut apparently were tiny yet muscular people). It
> is covered in a nylon skin which was purchased from George Dyson -- the
> covering is extremely durable. The kayak itself was built strongly yet light.
Sounds like a fast boat, too!
> the ribs are white cedar which have been laminated with carbon fiber. the
> stringers are of a narrow guage 6061-t6 aluminum. the gunwales and keelson ar
> spruce. All wood is encapsulated in
> epoxy so rot and varnish are not something you would ever have to worry about,
> given reasonable care. The kayak is quite fast and very seaworthy in the
> right hands (I wouldn;t call it a beginner's boat as it is fairly tippy).
Just curious, Paul, but where on the ribs is the carbon fiber placed?
The outside side? Or does it cover the entire rib? Did you wrap them
spirally with carbon tape, or did you use uni-directional fibers laid
from beam to beam? I am trying to gain some insight about the use of
synthetics as a reinforcement for wood.
> If you're interested, I
> have asked $450 in ads but the truth is I'd be happy to recover my costs and
> would sell it for $300-$350.
Let's see....if I don't make a car payment this month....nope, need to be
able to use the car to pick willow branches...hmmm...
> (I'm currently building a 28" trimaran and this
> project is really soaking up the funds).
Now that sounds interesting, too...I recall an article in Wooden Boat (or
was it Cruising?) about a couple who built a skin catamaran. They
started in England or Scotland. Built a frame of steamed ribs and
covered the whole thing in tar-soaked brown paper. Then they sailed it
to Central America, and then up to Seattle, I think. It was cool.
> take care!
>
> - paul -
Good luck with the tri!
--
Eric von Kleist We pray for one last landing
Hilton Head Island, SC On the globe that gave us birth,
USA To rest our eyes on the fleecy skies
And the cool green hills of Earth.
Carlyle said, "A lie cannot live"; it shows he did not now how to
tell them. Mark Twain
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