Subject: Re: baidarka Evil Gunwales ?
From: Bob Klemick (klemick@home.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 09:55:25 EST
You've got too much boat building ahead to risk on a pair misbehaving gnl's, I'd
change them, also if you are using yellow pine be aware that you're going to have
a very heavy boat, about 50lbs, just had the experience........bob klemick
LedJube@aol.com wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm still building, . . er . . hoping to start this North Alaskan
> Recovery Kayak, but the gunwales appear to twist when they're sprung into the
> braces by about 3/8's of an inch. So that the bow and stern blocks would be
> askew to one another or the gunwale height on the end blocks would be
> different from side to side. It seems (to this novice) that the pieces have
> varying torsional stiffness along there length, because the flare angles
> don't match. I have shimmed them to force the flare but will this haunt me
> for the life of this boat? They looked pretty good before they were sprung,
> enough so that I cut the rib mortises. Is this something I can massage into
> place or do I find another use for these pieces and stop calling them
> gunwales?
>
> The two were cut from one 1x8 of pine. I have just recently read
> Wolfgang's advise regarding gunwale selection and how best to obtain them.
> Thanks in advance for your responses.
>
> Jed Luby
> Goffstown, NH
>
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