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John thinks lotsa people tie their boats down too tightly. Have seen plastic boats deformed by combination of tight straps and hot sun. There is being secure and being tight. Since I read of a bloke whose kayak and front roof rack left the vehicle because of a BB truck. I add an extra strap...

If you used stainless steel angle then you could use stainless steel screws. Try to discern the grade of stainless. Some are more resistant to corrosion than other and it might pay not to mix grade of metal with different grade of screws. Not nearly as important as keeping totally different...

Flex is stored energy. It gives the power back to you at or toward the end of the stroke in the form of a flick, Just as the paddler's stroke is tapering down in strength. Flutter is different again. Wouldn't want the matter of flex to be left in flux... I need a bigger spoon. Preferably a...

I think Jack meant will that be a variable pitch turbine. Which would make it more viable. Due to its variability. Not to be confused with versatility. That completes my verbosity. Brought to you by the letters "don't be a smart arse John." :mrgreen:

Any chance of a bit of detail on the connection method? I guess you can saw your paddle in half as well. Do you ever find that water builds up between the kayaks where the space narrows and is it an issue? Flex or lack thereof, looks fairly stiff, do you find any great problems manouvering in a...

Never said it would propel a boat, just reckon it would more likely help a bit than slow it. Anyway your scientific rebuttal was based on Ginger Rogers. YOU can't talk :roll: Roger if you cut the pointy bit off the back while its in the water you won't have to paddle at all. It will go quite...

I know nothing about this stuff, but I have my pet thoughts on it. A small flat, concave or whatever on the rear of a boat should make the boat move better :mrgreen: Only given is that it must continue to below the water line. Ok, perfectly flat calm water. Boat with a flat behind. Push the...

Oh gawd not another torque fest. Thought that was what gov'ments were for. :mrgreen:

Kill two birds with one stone. That's easy just paddle naked and cover yourself in baby oil before you get in the kayak. Not that I would do that of course :lol:

Would you mind not posting pictures of pretty skin on frame boats please. You made me realise I NEED one now :roll: Every time I build a boat I want a skinnier one. Laker was about 26, Cut the okwata old version down to about 24. Seems I need a 22 now.

Am impressed with your stems Ron. Next time I gots to re-do a bit of under the water-line fixing up I'm gonna make some meself. I might be a bit kinder on the ends of me boat than you as most of me re-do's are scrapes on the bottom in fairly random areas, and a number on the chine. But stems...

Why oh why am I being pun ished? :roll:

Wasn't a purple sheep Jack, it was an old Miami sheep. Think it had just had a blue rinse. If ewe know what I mean. :roll:

Before Jack asks, yes I did remove the steel legs first 8)

If you're gonna have SIT in kayak might as well have somewhere nice to sit. Very good quality sheepskin seat cover. Fastened with good old cable ties :lol: Fastened to: one of them stackable chair seats such as Ron uses. The back of the seat was cut down, in height, by about three or four...

I had only gathered about half as much woodflour as I reckon I needed for my last build. Added a pound of plain flour as in baking. Didn't have to mill it any finer. Mixed it thoroughly. BTW have heard that self raising flour would be too oily compared to plain. My logic was that it has to be...

This one is only a rectangle shape at the moment. I do intend trimming a bit off here and there. It just happened to be the way the piece of aluminium came into my possesion. Any bit not in the water will be angled down and the bottom edge will also be given a curve to create a leading edge...

Hey I didn't say the kneeling pad was just for cleaning the floors Jack! . Have you not heard of multitasking? I'm pretty sure I have read your thoughts on balanced rudders before KJ and I see your point and did consider it. Particularly in light of the neutral balancing act in case of a cable...

Got a bit more done this arvo. At the stage now where I take it all apart clean it all up. Paint the bits that are gonna be painted. Oil the bits that are gonna be oiled. The hollow in the stern post and the groove at the shackle on the mop handle bit will just get oiled or silicon sprayed. The...

Been thinking for a while now about how to obtain a rudder. I don't need one, I just want one because other people have one and it will help later on with a plan for a sail I have brewing. Could have bought a rudder kit but then I s'pose I could have bought a boat too. That just isn't me. It all...