Subject: Re: baidarka Phil's phat boat
From: Chris Burkhart and Reg Lake (baidarkas@home.com)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 23:48:58 EST
Hi Phil:
Just an idea ... To make sure that you get the boat best suited to your
needs, you might borrow or rent some different boats and try them out. (You
can have a lot of fun and "justify" it to people who would like you to do
stuff like work or fixing that danged garage door, etc.)
:-) Chris
>I am not dumb. but I lack a lot of building experience since I have only
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>one baidarka. thaks for the reassurance.
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>----- Original Message -----
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>From: kyak@rockisland.com
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>Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 11:32 AM
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>To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
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>Subject: baidarka Phil's phat boat
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>The whole "long/narrow" thing is vastly over-rated unless speed is your
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>desire. as long as you watch deck geometry (rim height (from keel), size
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>etc) you can go out to 24-27, probably even 28 inches and still have a boat
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>that is not difficult to double paddle. At 15' x 25" you have lots of
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>stability & respectable overall weight As for "big cockpits" they sure are
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>comfortable! Hazardous? That's what spray decks are for.
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>It sounds as if you know what you want, so I say go for it.
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>>I am still wrestling with the design of that main station. Having paddled
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>>only wide Folbots, I am not too worried about it being a hard boat to
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>>even if I make it 24 or even 28 inches. That is still much better than
34"!
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>>It may be sluggish to many here, but so much easier than what I have done.
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>>could then be about 15 to 17 feet long by 24 to 28 inches wide, provide a
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>>wide, long cockpit so fishing gear could be easily used, and still be
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>>light (my 17 footer I am using weighs 62 lbs empty). It isn't going to be
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>>speed demon and it won't be as easy to use as the baidarka designs can be.
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>>job admirably I think, and that is exactly what the originals did too.
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