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Originally Posted by dsafety
That thing looks cool but I bet it is not very buoyant. It might not be much fun to be on after taking a couple waves in the chest during the launch. Have you designed in some flotation?
Bob
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I should of seen this coming.
You have to understand what your looking at.
Right now your just looking is the hull, just the sides and bottom. The top decks and the cockpit have not been installed. This is not going to be a canoe or an open boat.
Like any sit in top the hull will be sealed with decks for an aft with a self bailing cockpit in the center and access into the hull it will be thorough water tight hatches. I figure when it's done the weight will be around a hundred pounds but the displacement capacity or flotation will be almost eight hundred pounds.
The closest hulls to it design wise are triple kayaks
It has to be oversized so that it can handle the power without driving under in seas.
A good size triple with a hull the size of mine could support three paddlers all over 200 pounds plus their gear.
On the safety side the hull will have three sealed water tight compartments separated by bulkheads and several cubic feet of foam at each end.
Jim