Big gamble there if it doesn't work. It's only money!!! Having said that, I have been thinking of doing something similar to my M14. Just too scared.
I will be interested to read your feedback. I really hope it works for you. Don't forget the drain holes.
Yeah drain holes didnt think of that,doh.oh well i didnt pay much for it so if it dont work no biggie.
a name for it ........... George Greenough made the "spoon" kneeboard . this is then a "table spoon"
but it has to be said , ...............why?
Ha ha, people must laugh at the extra low freeboard of my yacht. It might be a wet ride, but when it comes to the crunch, the thing sits like a rock. Hopefully the theory will also work here?
Is a dugouts volume measured including the void...or is it measured just by the amount of actual physical board that's left
Teatrea, i call you now "serial shaper , Teatrea the butcher"
Any how , you right to experiment and you will learn something positive from what you did to the board you known before
What a great experiment. The board might not the easiest thing to get back onto now if you fall. Maybe you could open up the back like on SIC X14 to let the deck water off? Probably best to check the waterline first before making any changes like that though I guess.
Did you get good GPS speed measurements of you paddling it in flat windless conditions before your alterations so you can see if you have affected speed as well as stability?
Good job! It will only improve it. Get it back in the water and load it with your body weight in anything and see how it sits, keep digging it out till your about 1-2" above water level
your a brave man TT.
It will probably work a treat. Bcease nothing could be as bad as their original stability.
One of the Hire School owners up here has one and he challenges new paddlers to see how long they can stay on it.
Let us know the result.
ET.
Well what do you know , it worked. Super stable as for speed pretty good I done a 2k time trial in 12min so average around 10kmph not to shabby and i wasnt over exerting myself. Wil need to put some drain holes in , no probs in flat water stayed dry but went over a couple boat waves and took on some water. Hopefully i get that right and ill give my self a pass mark
Hey Teatrea can you do me a favour and pop down to DC's factory and do the same thing to Stimmo's new board for me thanks mate.