Re: [baidarka] Foldingkayak completions

Subject: Re: [baidarka] Foldingkayak completions
From: Tom Yost (tom_yost@msn.com)
Date: Sun Oct 02 2005 - 01:00:04 EDT

Sea Ranger deck zipper Wolfgang Wrote:

>>which reminds me, the practice along the Alaskan shores of the Bering
Sea was to completely sew up the skin of the kayak up to the front of
the cockpit before sliding it on the kayak. It was only the back
half of the skin that needed to be sewn up on the boat. Seems that
your folder designs do something similar.

Wolfgang,

The process is similar to that which you mention. Some builders
opt for an aft deck zipper and slide the frame into the forward skin.
 Others use a forward zipper and slide the frame into the aft skin.
A few builders have used both fore and aft zippers which makes
assembly easier. I now prefer either a forward zipper or both fore
and aft.

Below are examples of various zipper setups in the manual.
( Delete the Duplicate Links)

Thanks for asking.

Regards,

Tom

http://yostwerks.com/NewDanishSeaRanger.html
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- Aft Deck Zipper

http://yostwerks.com/NewPetePaddling.html
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- Forward Deck Zipper

http://yostwerks.com/SkinFoldOtter.html
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- Fore and aft

http://yostwerks.com/NewJoSteve3A.html>
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- Both of these boats have fore and aft zippers 

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