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News from March 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015 (Black Pearl, Sjösättning), 1 comments
Lars Westman har lastat sin Black Pearl för sjösättning.
"Nu är det ytterligare en “pärla” i Karlstad.
/Lars"
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Monday, March 23, 2015, 16 comments
Since summer 2014 a new commercial kayak project has been underways.Together with Petruskajak and Kano og Kajakværkstedet in Denmark I have been busy with a Frej for production – I design and calculate, Petrus builds the plug and Kim takes care of production and marketing.
A couple of days ago we could admire the finished plug, delivered by Petrus to Kano og Kajakværkstedet i Kongens Lyngby. Molds for deck and hull will be cast on the plug, and in these molds the kayaks will be laminated. Kim and I could appreciate the first class job Petrus had done. We studied and felt the finish, put temporary hatches and a compass in the prepared indentations to get an idea of what the finished kayak will look like in a couple of months.
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 (Launchings, Nanoq), 7 comments
"Dan & Bjorn, I finally launched my new Alleq/Nanoq. I just love it. Nimble, quick and responsive. Did not roll it yet (water temp 34). It also seems to like the surf/waves but have not tested it in serious waves. Will send better photos. It came out 4" longer than designed. I somehow miscalculated the stems – did not allow for the thickness of the strips where they meet at the bow and stern."
Bob's Nanoq is strictly speaking not a Nanoq. It is built from the Alleq plans, the plywood version I designed for Petruskajak's building classes based on the Qanik I designed for Seabird Designs some years ago. Bob converted the Alleq drawings back to strip several months before I got the Nanoq plans ready to ship. Performance-wise the difference is probably not noticeable, but Bob kept a little more of the harder edges of the plywood version, positioning his version slightly closer to the skin-and-frame Illorsuit original, while the Nanoq has the Qanik-like softer chines and slightly more rounded panels.
More on the different versions on the Nanoq-page.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015 (kayaks), 6 comments
As some have discovered I have added a couple of new models to the catalog – kayaks I have developed over a long time. An unexpected gap in the calendar offered the time needed to finish them.
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