Sea Ranger stripper
OK folks, the next kayak has been decided upon, it’s going to be a Sea Ranger. You can check it out on Tom Yost’s site.
Here’s the plan:
After stripping the hull and deck, I plan to lay the glass on in the normal fashion, but not do any fill coats. My thinking here is to get a shear flow of the water on the hull instead of a laminar flow. Kind of a ’shark skin’ effect to possibly reduce friction at the water / hull boundary. The deck will be treated the same way. The join between the hull and deck may require a bit of care, but I think I can make it look half way acceptable when covering the joint with the 2″ strip of fiber glass.
The rear compartment will be stiffened a bit with an internal frame at about 11.5 feet or so and will not have a hatch on the rear deck but access through the back of the cockpit. Backrest and hatch cover will be one piece with a latching system to be conquered later..
Front compartment will have the normal hatch on the deck and the forward bulkhead will double as the foot rest with a bit of mini cell for the feet to contact. Another block of mini cell can be put in for shorter paddlers. I plan on making the cockpit rim the same size as my Guillemot and Great Auk, same spray skirt will fit all the boats that way and down here in Galveston, you like to be able to pull the spray skirt back every now and then for some cooling ventilation. That is the plan so far, with this, the boat should come in at under 30#. If I don’t like the textured surface, I can always come back and fill it as normal.
Any comments like “you nuts or something??” please feel free to comment on this post. Oh yeah, here’s a picture and, as usual, you can click on it for more..
Take care..
Tony Olsen
Marek
26 Apr, 2006
Hmmm… Why this particular kayak? Are building just for a challenge of building?
Anton
26 Apr, 2006
Yer nuts, but we knew that already.
Looks like it should be a fast boat when you’re done.
Tony
26 Apr, 2006
Marek,
Yeah, a lot for the challenge and I want a very low volume kayak to add to my flotilla for playing in. My Guillemot is not a boat to play in the surf with and the modified great auk is a bit big (besides, it’s my wife’s boat.) Thinking of doing something completely different for this one is a bit inspiring and challenging. The first of it’s kind and all that. This is going to be kind of a SOF/S&G/stripper hybrid. and a good roller.
Anton,
As my son, your ’sposed to respect yer elders and not tell them ‘yer nutz’
But, I’ll listen to ya anyway.. See ya Friday at the bash!
Tony Olsen