GPStick Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 My frame is done and oiled so I thought I'd check to see how much it weighed. 29# with the coaming and my thighbracing nested on the seat planks. I'm going with hatches on this frame so I have additional plywood there. How does that stack up with others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 My finished Curlew weighs 32 pounds. The skin and paint weigh more than many think. Off hand, 29 pounds for the frame seems heavy, but then I don't know what you are building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPStick Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Sorry, I forgot. Curlew. You used slats for seat and I used plywood. You didn't install hatches either. Checked the numbers 4 times. Only using bathroom scale but should be right or close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Ply vs. slats shouldn't matter much, if any. The prep for hatches definitely adds something. 29 # is not out of line, but I would think a little over what mine would have weighed with hatch prep in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Doug (WA) Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 I weighed myself on the bathroom scales, them picked up my finished kayak, without a seat, and got back on the scales. There was 28 lbs additional holding the kayak. I don't know how accurate that way of weighing was, but it is in the ballpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPStick Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Paul, Same thing I did. I wasn't expecting that high a number and I'm perplexed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Sounds high to me too. You going to hit 35 lbs pretty easily wth paint and skin. But but before you go into a tail spin, consider the scale you using may not be accurate either. But what did you use for stringers? I have just enough daylight I am going to weight my Sling Shot, it has hatches and I don't remember it's final weight. BRB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 My Sling Shot with hatches and plywood seats weighs 36 lbs. So if you scale is right you are a little heavy but I wouldn't worry about it. You will still love the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Feager Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I put everything in the cockpit and came up close to 40#, but I won't use all the fabric. I used cedar for all other parts. I haven't calibrated the scale so it could be off. Wouldn't mind it being off then I would weigh less too.. There is something about this frame, it is quite appealing to my eye. The lines are striking, more so than any other I have seen. I can't wait to get it covered and on the water. There is a lot of room for storage too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Doug (WA) Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 There is the requirement here that you must take the frame out in the yard, take a picture of it and post it here. It's really the law, maybe you didn't get the memo!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Feager Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Go to subject "10 " hatch". No one commented so I let it lay. I was checking fit so it wasn't completely finished then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPStick Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Here is another didn't get one outside so this will have to do. Was proud of the way my seat turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwightM Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I do like your frame, gives me more ideas. I have changed my frame several times and looks like there are more changes coming. Dwight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Doug (WA) Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Okay, that will satisfy the requirement. Is that seat one of the ones from Redfish Kayaks? I really need to get a good seat for mine. Just sitting on a pad is now working out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPStick Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 No, I carved that myself. I had purchased the foam from Redfish several years back to use and never done it so... I had done one from the foam from Kayakfit but this was better material. It isn't hard to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 There is the requirement here that you must take the frame out in the yard, take a picture of it and post it here. It's really the law, maybe you didn't get the memo!? Hmmm, I guess he never got the memo titled.............."FROG photos, a forum requirement" Better add that to the stickies posts Jeff!! Many of us find covering the frame anti-climatic as they look so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Here is another P2230011.JPG I see on thing in this photo that contributes to some extra weight. You have a lot of plywood there for the hatch. I put my hatches behind the next frame and the boat is narrower so there is less plywood. Looks like you use the 1/2" ply and used some 1/4" (I think) I had in the shop. You could save a pound or two (?) by putting some lightening holes in the corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPStick Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Well, that is a thought. The rear hatch is a bigger piece too. Yes, went with the 1/2" as it was stiffer. You said you had to reinforce for flex with what you used. I didn't catch that you had mover the hatch forward another space. Thinking about how to cut some holes with the cloth in place. Stitched up to the bow hatch now from coaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Doug (WA) Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Be easier to just not eat on the days you are going kayaking. That's got to be good for one or two pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPStick Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 T Be easier to just not eat on the days you are going kayaking. That's got to be good for one or two pounds. That hasn't been working out all that well this winter. I did cut some 3" holes in the back hatch plywood and then weighed them. 4.6 oz. So I quit and went back to sewing. The stern hatch arrived today and it fits in my cutout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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