Recent content by døv

Hello y'all, Keel line is not discussed much anywhere besides rocker/hog characteristics. Naturally all boats has some form of rocker with overall flat keel from my understanding. I would like to emphasize on flatwater and handmade hulls. Rebuilding one of my composite flatwater boats and...

Thank y'all for welcomes! Good to hear on general assesment on utility of deckplates, I'll try not worry about it! Plan on designing a cap out of 3d printed ASA just enough to cover ends of gunwales, instead of rubber "deck endcap". . Out of concerns of safety and decent look. Printed ASA...

Plenty info on wood gunwales, hoping to get closer to details of alu gunwales construction. About to do retrofit on swede form race hull with black wenonah alu gunwales, 1"OD, 0.038" wall thickness thwarts and alu 3/16" poprivets to replace wood and x85+ SS screws for (~1-3lb) weight savings and...