Subject: Re: [baidarka] boat width
From: dick van Zanten (d.zanten@hccnet.nl)
Date: Sun Oct 12 2003 - 05:04:51 EDT
Hi Joe,
I think you will notice a definite difference in stability, specifically in the endstability of the boat. That however isn't as much of a problem as you might think.
You'll get used to that quite quickly. What is a problem however is that you'll have an unfair boat and will get problems with the length of the ribs in the aft deck.
If you get a narrower beam in only a portion of the deck then the ribs will have to be shorter in that section or you won't get a fair keel line! I'd say put the
spacer back in and make a longer deckbeam to get the gunwales to run into a fair curve.
Good luck
Dick van Zanten
>I progressed as far as pinning the ends of the gunwales together, installing
>the deck beams and lashing the gunwales. When I removed the inside braces, the
>width of the boat sprung back to 20 3/4 " from 22 1/2". I can force the
>middle brace back in, but then the most forward aft deck beam is too short by
>1/8".This is no big deal to replace.
>
>Should I have left the middle brace in until I had installed the back brace,
>malisck(sp) and foot brace?
>
>Will I notice a stablity difference of a 1 3/4" narrower beam? If so, I'll
>be more inclined to fix it; otherwise I just assume leave it.
>
>Thanks for your advise.
>
>Joe Schena
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