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Originally Posted by skyking
Kevin, that looks really good. If I were you, I'd just go for it....
Here is the stitch and glue method I'm suggesting.
Stitch-N-Glue
That 20' long triple cockpit boats weighs in at 64 pounds 
The final product will still appear to have slices and slight corners but it will mimic the curves very well. |
Skyking,
I've been thinking about this more and more, and I like the methods that you mentioned with the kit kayaks. I went back and re-read in more detail the methods of construction for the pygmy boats. really cool stuff.
I kept reading that the secret to the success of that construction is the absolute perfection of the shape of the ribs and the pre-formed slices of wood. It says that the pieces are derived from a computer model.
What I'm concerned about is how difficult it is to shape the "orange peel slices". After playing with some coroplast I found that a pattern would be an incredible advantage. I was horrible at making the shape correct. If I was a barber, everyone would leave bald. "There, that's even."
Any ideas? maybe I could have the pygmy boats people generate some plans for me based on my sketchup model?...
Hummmm.....