Reports

Timely reports of interesting goings on from around the boat building world.  If you have pictures of anything of interest please send them in for posting.  Don't be shy.  Send to: chuck.leinweber@gmail.com

 

May, 2002

John Kohnen  jhkohnen@boat-links.com 

I've put some of the pictures I took at the Depoe Bay Wooden Boat Festival
& Crab Feed here:

https://www.boat-links.com/DepoeBay/ 

The weather was great and there were lots of nice boats and good people
there!


May, 2002

Richard Frye  captahab45@hotmail.com 

Hi Chuck,
Just thought I'd let you know that another Yakoo is ready for the water. I just finished Paul's boat today and he ordered another one too! His daughter wants a purple one! Yikes! These colors are getting wild! A blue one is on the away too! There's another one coming after that but the color hasn't been decided yet! Later Richard


May, 2002

From Dale Ruth  dldlnala@pgonline.com 

Sometimes there are certain things in life that come along and you just have to sit back and wonder how in the orld could something like that happen anyways????

Dale

Bruce Armstrong  funhouse@rain.org  also sent this picture.  His comment:

This is a 3 out of a possible 10....Bruce Armstrong/Santa Barbara


May, 2002

From Craig O'Donnell  dadadata@friend.ly.net 

Hi Chuck,

the latest CLC propagander blast. Two JPGs as well. The fellow in the boat is the designer, Mark Rogers.

CLC's ARCTIC HAWK KIT
Designed by Mark A. Rogers

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland. -- May 1, 2002 --

The Arctic Hawk is an 18-foot medium-volume touring kayak. The design, drawn by Mark A. Rogers following the traditional West Greenland skin boats, has become a classic. This affordable, high-performance kit is made of okoume mahogany plywood and manufactured by Chesapeake Light Craft. Mark, of Superior Kayaks, Inc., is a respected designer who in turn respects the traditional design wisdom embodied in skin boats.

Our Arctic Hawk is the only Mark Rogers design available in kit form. The waiting list for one of his handmade boats is years-long. An exhaustively detailed, step-by-step manual shows exactly how Mark makes boats to order. By following his directions, you'll wind up with a boat you can be very proud of.

Based on a type used for thousands of years, the Arctic Hawk delivers all the seaworthiness, speed and maneuverability the native hunter relied on at sea. A shallow "v" hull and hard chines combine to produce superb tracking in a kayak that nevertheless turns effortlessly when heeled. A slightly fish-form hull has some fullness 
in the bow and stern for lift in heavy seas. The low-profile deck gives wind and waves little to work on.


The 22-inch beam provides good initial stability and the hard chine gives exceptional secondary stability. This faithful Greenland-style boat has a great reputation. It is a perfect boat for paddlers learning rolling techniques and Inuit paddling styles.

Novices will appreciate learning to paddle in a craft which responds and tracks as well as the Arctic Hawk. The experienced paddler revels in its performance.

The Arctic Hawk is designed for paddlers approximately 5'8" to 6 feet tall and 160 lbs. through 210 lbs. Maximum capacity is 350 lbs.

The kit is available for $999. The kit with optional keyhole cockpit is $1074.


Sea Kayaker reviewed Mark Rogers' Arctic Hawk design in February 1995, saying:

"The boat easily carves graceful turns when moving... Our reviewers agreed that the kayak accelerates quickly, is easy to hold at cruising speed and had little tendency to weathercock. [The Arctic Hawk] is easy to roll, ... and represents a successful attempt at adapting the traditional Greenland kayak to the modern recreational paddler."

and:

"The Arctic Hawk comes alive with motion... The rudderless Arctic Hawk tracks well without significant yawing and is very responsive to leaning."

"...secondary stability was excellent [and] loading the boat with 50 lbs [of gear] greatly enhanced initial tability."

"...[it] accelerates quickly, is easy to hold at cruising speed and [has] little tendency to weathercock."


Specifications
The Arctic Hawk: $999 / $1074 with keyhole cockpit
Length: 18 ft, beam 22 in. -- Waterline with 200 lbs. load, 16 ft
Weight: (Okoume Mahogany) 42 to 44 lbs.
Cockpit: 16 in. x 20 in., or the optional CLC Keyhole Cockpit

The kit includes plans, instruction manual, pre-cut parts, hatches and bulkheads, full deck rigging, Keepers adjustable footbraces, epoxy kit, fiberglass for hull and deck, foam seat and backband.


Customer Contact Information
Chesapeake Light Craft, LLC
1805 George Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401

Call (410) 267-0137
9 am - 5 pm EST weekdays
10 am - 2 pm EST Saturday

Fax 24 hours/day to (301) 858-6335.


May, 2002

From  Larry Pullon  lpullon@tcworks.net  

Hey Chuck,

I put the Jetfish back on the trailer this morning. The new bottom is finished - including the jetski hull I use to align eng/pump components. I also gave her a fresh coat of Easypoxy electric blue. Last time I spent lots of hours sanding and priming and resanding, the results still looked homemade. This time I spent about one fourth the time priming and sanding with very nearly the same results. I guess if you don't know what you are doing spending a lot of time doing it doesn't help!

Most people probably wouldn't notice, but I see a flattening of the shear as a result of the seven inch wider bottom. Jetfish still has a nice shape and I'm sure all her curves will be back when Gavin adjusts the plans to a 48" straight bottom. 

Next is my favorite part - installing the new 650cc engine. Once the mechanicals are all in their place I'll add a new redesigned aft deck. The last one was just too complicated with five hatches and way too many braces. Simple is lighter and better!

Larry 


May, 2002

From Shawn Payment  SPayment@LUCE.com  

FYI - our Blue Jay restoration project now has it's own website:
https://www.geocities.com/bluejay2718/ 

Enjoy!