Making a Strip Built Kayak - Introduction - E1
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The first episode in a series documenting the build of a Petrel Play wood strip kayak. In this episode I introduce the design of the kayak and the history behind it. Plans for this design are available at http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/catalog/boat_building_plans/petrel_play_plans Thanks to Dave Grainger https://www.youtube.com/user/davidGrainger and Gerry Polinsky for help with on-the-water video Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for music: Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400054 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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Just compressing the spacing between the forms is possible, but it would no longer be a sleek design. It would look short and fat, and would probably be too wide for a small person to paddle comfortably.
You could scale down the form a little bit and then space them at a proportionally different increment, making a design with enough width for decent stability and room for the child, while keeping it short enough to handle easily while not looking too stubby.
This would throw off the proportions of the cockpit, so you would need to fake things in the cockpit area a bit.
All this would probably be easier with a more simple design such as the 14' Great Auk http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/catalog/boat_building_plans/14_great_auk_kayak_plans