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kengrome
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Post by kengrome »

Hi Matt,

If I knew you were interested in sea kayaks I would have talked with you about this sooner. Here's what I designed for myself last month. I made this boat as close as possible to a Guillemot "Night Heron" (the stitch and glue version) but with a more open cockpit because I like them better in this tropical climate. It's a simple 7-panel design with a shallow vee bottom and a flat top:

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Yours looks like a John Winters / QCC design. I did one of those (QCC 600 I think) before this one and it has more interior volume. I designed this as a day kayak so I gave no consideration to interior volume, but it probably has plenty for short camping trips, especially for anyone who comes from a backpacking background.

The panels are all fully developed so it should be as easy to build as any other stitch-and-glue kayak. I'm figuring 4mm for everything except the coaming, and two layers of 3mm there because it bends really easily compared with the much stiffer 4mm.
Ken Grome
Bagacay Boatworks
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Post by jem »

I looked at that design again and now I remember why I stopped. I want trying to improve the hull lines to minimize turbulence and got stuck on a couple lower hull panels. Had to pretty much start from the beginning to get them to shape the way I wanted.
-Matt. Designer.
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any more progress on this one?
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Post by jem »

A little bit. Have a few things in front of it.
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