Browsing Archive: September, 2009

KAYAK+ Completion

Posted by Kenneth Simpson on Saturday, September 12, 2009,
9-11-09

Today the KAYAK+ center module was completed, and water testing begins next week.  The 40 inch module integrates well with the 2 original sections, and produces an 11 foot boat for 2 occupants in tandem.  The elongated design has a side benefit of dramatically increasing the water line length, providing an even more efficient hull form.  Refer to the KAYAK+ web page for more detail.

   Ken
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Dovetail Connectors

Posted by Kenneth Simpson on Monday, September 7, 2009,

9-07-2009

Congratulations on your new website.

I was interested in the idea of a sectional boat and I did a lot of searching on the internet. I found out it was not a new idea and various designs had been tried over the years.

I purchased a set of Toter Duck Boat plans because I was interested in the details of the dovetail connectors. I designed my own boat but I incorporated the dovetail connectors. I did not like the sloppy fit between sections that resulted. So I ripped off the connectors ...


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