Subject: Re: baidarka Chine angst
From: Harvey Golden (qayaq@pacifier.com)
Date: Sun Oct 29 2000 - 22:26:47 EST
Dear Phil,
Yes indeed those chine-ends do need serious bevelling!!! I usually lay 'em
out on the kayak with spring clamps and scribe with a pencil the areas that
must be planed-down, then off they come, and I scrub away for a while with
the jack-plane.
You Wrote. . . . "And how come nobody ever mentions
this when they write articles about kayak building?"
It should be enough that kayak building IS hard. . . why make it sound hard?
;-)
-- Harvey
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Ellis <pcoellis@hotmail.com>
To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 6:07 AM
Subject: baidarka Chine angst
> Harvey,
>
> Enjoyed your illuminating comments on seating position in Alaskan kayaks.
My
> boat is currently constructed with masik and foot brace positions that put
> me close to the center of the cockpit when I'm in what I guess you'd call
> the "Euro-American Kayak" position. One interesting thing that I've
noticed
> about seating position is that when my back is against the cockpit coaming
> the bow tends to blow off in a breeze (is this unweathercocking?), but
it's
> pretty neutral when I'm sitting with my knees locked into the masik.
>
> Anyway, what I really want to know about is chine construction in
Greenland
> boats. After lashing and unlashing the keel on my Disko Bay rep about 6
> times I finally got it the way I want it(ended up gorilla-glueing the ends
> of the scarfs so I could fair the whole length of the keel at once)and am
> ready to lash on the chines. It doesn't look too bad-never mind the fact
> that the weight of the shims I'm going to have to use will probably equal
> the weight of the whole rest of the frame-but there seems to be two
equally
> sensible ways to make the chines meet the end ribs squarely. I can either
> plane a progressive bevel on the side that rests on the ribs or I can just
> twist them to fit. Planing is a lot more work, but twisting them that much
> can't be very good for the material. Which method is generally used? Or is
> there a third way that I didn't think of? And how come nobody ever
mentions
> this when they write articles about kayak building?
>
> Incidentally, I asked the guy at the hardware store about the rumor that
> Gorilla Glue doesn't contain real gorillas and he claims that it's all a
> misunderstanding-it's made BY gorillas, not WITH gorillas (which would be
> illegal).
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil
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