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Kanotyawl – Mikael Möller

Kanotyawl – Mikael Möller

Det tog totalt 18 månader med diverse avbrott men idag var det äntligen dags för jungfrutur med Scarlet. Inte så mycket till vind men å andra sidan tycks hon vara lättdriven.

Mikael Möller

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Kavat – Robert Carey

Kavat – Bob Carey

Hello,

I have finished making my Kavat and took it out for a short paddle this morning...a kind of sea trial. I will go out for an extended paddle in the ocean with my paddling club Sunday. My wife works Sundays, and I wanted her to share my first time in the Kavat. She has been so patient and supportive while I've been building the Kevat in our garage, so I felt she should see the first paddle. Attached are some photos that my wife and I took. I rolled three out of three times and took the Kevat on a quick paddle across the channel. She has a photo of me coming up from a roll and another of the bottom of the kayak as I come up. In that photo, you can see the pattern I built into the hull. I've attached some photos which are sized for the web, and you are, of course, welcome to use them if you like.

I was able to find a wood supply company an hour's drive from my home that sells 20 foot sections of clear, Western red cedar. When I cut the cedar into strips, I found that there was enough coloration to establish some book-matched grain patterns. I also put two maple strips down the center of the deck for contrast, and also book-matched the patterns in the maple.

We have a fair amount of fog here and sometimes the fog appears quickly, so i wanted a compass where I could see it clearly. I turned a housing and mounted the compass close in front of the cockpit. I was concerned the compass might be damaged in a T-rescue, so I attached two pieces of cherry to protect it. I also turned two handles which are mounted in the lines on the bow and stern.

The Kavat paddles like a dream. It fits like a glove, feels very stable and I love it.

Many thanks, Bob Carey

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New China assignments

Diskussion med VD och produktionsingenjör kring en ny kajakprototyp

I have been on a very short visit to China again, checking out new molds and prototype kayaks – including an interesting test drive with the new rotomolded Axis X4. Small changes made necessary by the material and production technique, means it behaves slightly different from the laminate kayak. The plastic is heavier and have less structural rigidity and the stiffening profiles in the bottom increases the directivity while decreasing maneuverabiliy – the plastic X4 will do better with a rudder kayak than with an adjustable skeg. The lamiate version is works nicely with skeg or rudder (not skeg and rudder, even if some seem to think that is a good combination).

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Isfjord – Pär Zackrisson

Isfjord – Pär Zackrisson

Sjösatt: riktigt snygg och välbyggd Isfjord, byggd av Pär Zackrisson!
Jag hade härom dagen en pratstund med en förstagångsbyggare, som med övertygelse hävdade att han inte skulle kunna tänka sig att måla över den vackra träytan! Och visst! Inte många som bygger sin första kajak tar fram målarpytsen. Men för många av dem som gör det handlar det om att materialet inte är det viktiga. Träets fördelar blir viktigare än träets utseende. Man bygger sin idealkajak, den som inte finns att köpa – för att en träkajak blir lätt och styv, lätt att hantera på land och i vatten och snabbare och mera lättmanövrerad än liknande laminatkajaker, bekvämare än det mesta som går att köpa (sittbrunnen är ju skräddarsydd för byggaren/paddlaren), enkel att hålla fräsch och snygg även om den används hårt och inte minst för att kajakens form och linjer blir tydligare när inte ögat förvillas av trämönstret. Vi har med tiden blivit många som gärna målar ;-)

Intressant också att stora delar av bygget försiggått utomhus under ett tälttak – en tankeställare för dem som avstår från att bygga för att de inte har en välutrustad båtbyggeriverkstad till hands...

"Hej Björn!

Ville bara höra av mig och tacka för en utmärkt handledning, enkla ritningar och bra websida packad med bra information...

Som många andra byggare har jag nu blivit biten så det blir en balansgång mellan ett nytt bygge och paddling, men närmast blir det lite fälttest med packning och sommarens mål är en vecka runt Koster och lite senare en tur till Helgelandskusten, en dröm sedan några år.

Mitt bygge startade i maj förra sommaren och jag blev klar ganska precis efter ett år. Dock har det gått en del perioder då det gått väldigt långsamt.

Länkar till ett par bildspel finns här:

bygge: https://youtu.be/zf7LbG1LLi0

paddling: https://youtu.be/OspHCYCLcB4

Jag skickar även med några bilder om du vill lägga upp dem bland sjösättningsbilderna.

Ha en bra sommar!
Med vänlig hälsning Zacke"

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