To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: Bram van der Sluys <bvdsluys@direct.ca>
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Gunwale height
Message-Id: <E0ywyPf-0004WP-00@jack.direct.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:30:15 -0700
At 07:26 PM 16/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At the risk of inspiring incendiary missives, (INCOMMING!!!!) might I ask, if
>there are skinning materials such as nylon out there,(which I found to be
>fairly easy to work with), what are the properties and advantages of choosing
>#10 canvas? Or are there better skinning materials than the two mentioned?
>Or is this part of the great Vanilla/Chocolate debate?
> Chris
YES !!!!! search the archives!
Bram
>David Baranoski wrote:
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>> On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Wolfgang Brinck wrote:
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>> > I have built baidarkas using white pine for gunwales (1.75") and none of
>> > them has broken, but I think white pine is less elastic than some other
>> > woods and in time can take a set or warp more easily than stiffer more
>> > elastic lumber species.
>> >
>> > An extra quarter inch (2" gunwale) should be sufficient since stiffness
>> > goes up with the cube of the height - if you do the math, you will find
>> > that adding a quarter inch will increase stiffness by 50%, adding 1/8th
>> > inch will increase stiffness by 22%, so have at it.
>> >
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>> Wolfgang,
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>> I'll go ahead with using 2 inches for the gunwales. Lake Ontario can get
>> up there sometimes, and the white pine/stiffness question hit my paranoia
>> button. I'll sleep better at night now. I think I'll stay away from the
>> archives for a while...just sourced a local supplier of #10 canvas duck,
>> and I don't want to see that you've been advocating nylon :)
>>
>> Thanks for the reply; and I'll apologize for getting your book a little
>> dog-eared.
>>
>> David Baranoski
>> Thorold, Ontario
>> Canada
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