Skin on Frame Kayak Construction Details, Part 3: Outfitting Options

In this video we take a comprehensive look at outfitting options for our skin on frame kayaks.

Other videos mentioned in this video:

Skin on Frame Kayak Construction Details, Part 1: Framing, Wood Choice, and Design:

Skin-on-Frame Kayak Construction Details, Part 2: Skin, Coating, and Outfitting:

NEW Flat Deck F1 Kayak Design with Catamaran Sailing System!:

Rigging Perimeter Lines on a Skin on Frame Kayak

How to Build a Comfortable Suspended Seat for a Skin on Frame Kayak

How Durable are Skin on Frame Boats?

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[CalebSmyth]

Or a teddybear, or a handgun. I love the deadpan humour!

[citizenwolf]

Watched the whole way through, and Brian says thanks for watching this longer video. I looked at the time and realized it was over 30mins. I was just fascinated when watching that I never even noticed. :)

[AndrewMoizer]

Thanks for all this Brian. I really appreciate the amount of testing and refinement that’s gone into all this gear. It’s very interesting that you have changed and refined setups you’ve been using for a long time. And no problem on the longer format, I’d rather get comprehensive coverage (and these days I find I can watch most YouTube videos at 1.25x speed). I like your plan where you are soon going to switch gears to focusing on getting your health sorted out. Please don’t wait too long to start that.

[dannyoberthier]

i put the same sail system on my bicycle to tour, it worked well and gave me extra range.

[scottgorman]

Very well thought out rigging. I especially like the papoose for a easy access storage. When you install the leather grab loops and deck (cinch) lines at the penetrations do you use Aqua Seal to seal the penetrations? Drop down skeg? This will be interesting! Great presentation. If one like boats and building I can listen to you blab for you make a short video with the camera on rolling while underwater?

[zan]

Приветствую. Мастер своего дела. Всех благ.

[kenwebster]

Hi,

I have watched a few of your kayak catamaran video & would like to make a suggestion. So, as a displacement hull gathers speed it generates fewer and fewer bow waves within it's length, until there is only one displacement wave at hull speed. This wave starts at water level at the bow, quickly builds to full height by 1/4 length, falls back to water level at midships, then deepest trough about 3/4 length and back to water level at the stern. There is another crest (sympathetic) 1/4 length behind the stern. The point of this is that as the initial 1/4 crest radiates out at an angle determined by the boats specific proportions and speed, you could try offsetting the 2 hulls far enough apart that the initial 1/4 bow wave crest intersects the other hull at or near to it's stern. This will in effect cause each hull to surf the other hulls bow wave, reducing total wave drag.

The configuration I have seen so far, has the two hulls dumping that crest onto each others the cockpits as the hulls are too close together, giving a rather wet ride for both kayakers. The advantage of separating the hulls to ride each others bow wave this is that you will attain hull speed in lower winds, or with less sail area, have better stability & a more comfortable dryer ride.

I have toyed with the idea some what. If you allow the hulls to pivot around the rear brace, in the vertical plane, then the hulls will ride the swells naturally, preserving their natural wake wave among the swells, rather than bucking and fighting each other in that uncomfortable, sickening catamaran way. I am pretty sure you would still need the forward brace to hold the hulls parallel to each other, but maybe use something like a ball joint here, so they ride the swell independently. You could probably figure out something flexible with rope for that joint. The rear brace could be allow tube in through a bearing at each side. of each hull.

Just a few thoughts.
Your welcome!