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Finally started MY new boat.  It's going to be a test bed for some new ideas. It is based off the redesigned Short Shot with a few tweaks to the underwater shape.  Trying a laminated masik (frame under the coaming) to add a touch of knee room. Tight braces in the coaming and some other odds and ends.

 

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I totally redesigned the deck to accommodate this laminated frame.  I have never really been happy with the deck shape on most of my boats. Form follows function but the eye wants beauty.   So this was an attempt to fix that and by using a laminated frame there it gained 1' of space.  On this boat I lowered the from of the coaming 1", keeping the same knee room. Have to get the skin on but I really like this shape so far.

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This looks beautiful.  Starting to become a hybrid of fuselage frame and traditional greenland kayak (at least in appearance).  

 

Unfortunately I am temporarily without a work space or place to store a boat (my Shad frame pieces suffer from a state of 'unassembled' due to a long pending move to California).  I fear it will be 7 months to a year before I am able to start building again.  Even so, by that time your new boat may be through some of your prototyping stages and ready for me to purchase plans!

 

While I do love the lines of Shad this new frame appears to be what I've been searching for since the beginning of my interest in SOF kayaks.  Well done, I look forward to seeing this project progress.

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Just curious.

I've built a few kayaks in the West Greenland tradition, and the masiks, or masiqs for those of you, were connected by a mechanical joint, some pegs, AND some lashings, to much beefier gunwales than you typically use. Just wondering how you tackled it.

I think it looks cool, and I love to watch your experiments and learn...

I wish you the best of luck.

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By the time most of you read this it should be ready for paint. Here are some updated photos of the skinning process.

 

I LOVE this boats lines!!

 

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Double corded stitch with 8 oz polyester. Takes some practice to get it right!

 

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Yea, I messed up and forgot to put thumbtacks in the fabric and it twisted. Ended up a crooked seam and I pride myself on straight seams. But just wasn't worth the effort to fix it.

 

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Traditional blood letting at the end of the process. ;)

 

 

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