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  1. You don't need dowels. watch this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VznUjj7fcs4. I used this method it works great, forget the cord just sew as in the video.
  2. I would like to build a Skin on frame Faering for rowing and sailing. This might not be the place to ask but I would like to find some boat design software for my project. Any one have any ideas? Thanks
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    Float Bags

    You may be right, it probably will be tippy. I mostly scaled down the length. I kept the center of gravity and the seat location as per the plans. This is a Wolfgang Brinick design and I wrote him and he said as long as I kept those things the same it would not adversely affect the handling. But these boats are tippy anyway. The other boat is Jeff's freebee 14" design and I stuck to the plans so that boat will probably be fine. I had 14' western red cedar left over from the freebee that is why I scaled it down. The original plans for the Greenland style boat called for 16' gunwales, stringers and keelson. The extra foot of length for the 17' and my 15' came from the stem and stern boards. On Jeff's design I must have installed the stem and stern boards wrong so the stringers and gunwales met in the middle of the stem boards and it ended 15' but I didn't realize it until I had them lashed and decided to leave them that way. I don't think the extra 6" at each should affect it. I am sure it will float I just hope it will be right side up. If not it will be a nice wall ornament. Thanks for the comments.
  4. bil

    Float Bags

    I finally got around to taking frog pictures. Almost ready to skin.
  5. bil

    Float Bags

    Sorry I didn't mean to offend. I thought I was not explaining myself well. The Greenland is styled after a West Greenland style I saw on a Greenland traditional site. Here is a picture attached. Thanks again for the help.
  6. bil

    Float Bags

    I had originally thought vinyl but contractors trash bags are 3mil thick and very strong and easily sealed with a heat strip. The styrofoam peanuts I mentioned was just a thought. I didn't know they made them out of corn starch. But I have two bags full of real styrofoam I have saved from packing of things I received like the bandsaw I ordered and electronics etc. They are very light and don't absorb water and cost nothing and I can always pull them out if necessary. Once sealed and in place their is very little chance of them leaking. I am 70 years old and paddle on a very shallow river. In the summer when I do most of my paddling it is anywhere to 6" to 10' deep. I have done wet exits and I can easily swim to a shallow spot in a few seconds. I am looking to go cheap. I am not sure I will like either of the SOF boats I have built. One is a 14' freebee from Kudzu plans. The other is a scaled down version of a Greenland that is15' I built from an Instructable instructions. I have two Hurricane Aqua thermoformed Kayaks I bought used one is a Santee 135 which weighs 43lbs after I replaced the original seat with a foam tractor style seat which Kudzu recommends and a back band. The other is a 16.5' Tracer which weighs 45 lbs after replacing it's seat. I love both boats but was fascinated by the SOF kayaks I saw on line but they are turning out to be way more expensive and time consuming to build than I had originally thought. Now I just want to finish skinning them an try them as cheaply as I can. I am not an elitist. My plastic boats are light, cheap, fast, and easy to care for and durable. I am not a craftsman I just want to paddle. I understand your love for the building process and trying to perfect the art. I wish I had started at an younger age. Think cheap! Again thanks for the input.
  7. bil

    Float Bags

    Thanks for the info but no one answered my question. I understand that the purpose of a float bag is to reduce the volume of water that can get into the boat, there by making it easier to empty or re-enter. Float bags at $70-80 dollars is hard for me to swallow. What I purpose is a contractor's trash bag filled with pieces of styrofoam to fill the cavity bow and stern sealed up to make it water tight. It would only cost a few dollars to make. The thread on the pool noodles or ping pong balls talked about the space between the balls and the noodles allowing more water than a float bag but contained in a sealed bag would that would not be a problem. Frankly float bags can and will eventually leak plus the hassel of filling and deflating them each time. The bag sealed with something light weight to take up volume would be semi-permanent. Any comments?
  8. Could broken up styrofoam or what is called peanut packing contained in a waterproof bag, say a thick vinyl bag, work for permanent flotation?
  9. Check out the videos in the blog. http://kayaksailor.com/
  10. How would spandex work for the skin?
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