On saturday we launched Johan's sailing kayak (a converted Guillemot Expedition Single). The plans for the conversion kit were bought from CLC boats. The sailing loom is 4,5m in high. With a light breeze of 2 to 3 beaufort windforce (?) this sailing kayak instantly accelerated to 4 to 5 knots (6 - 8 km/h).
more pics: http://www.qajaq.be/Johan3.htm
And on sunday we launched the 'Qarajaq'. Qarajaq stands for "qajaq for my daughter Kara'. Qarajaq also is a large gletscher that ends in Disko Fjord, near Disko Bay where the original was designed somewhere around 1959).
The model is a 'Disko Bay', design by Hans Friedel of Sweden. With slightly altered dimensions (5.20m x 50 cm instead of 5.15m by 53 cm), she turned out to be a straight tracking kayak, yet responsive to leans and turnes. Rolling and bracing isn't very much of a problem either. The skeg and seat still have to be finished, but I couldn't resist to take her out.
more pics: http://www.qajaq.be/DiskoBay.htm
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Lovely looking kayak. Please tell us what that oblong patch is, just aft and starboard of the cockpit. It looks like a cut-out, but I can't think of what for, so I presume that it's a nameplate.
Also, what type of wood is the deck and hull made of?? Does this wood yellow over time??
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Lovely looking kayak. Please tell us what that oblong patch is, just aft and starboard of the cockpit. It looks like a cut-out, but I can't think of what for, so I presume that it's a nameplate.
Also, what type of wood is the deck and hull made of?? Does this wood yellow over time??
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hi Geordie,
The wood is picea abies (Nordic spruce), which I brought home on a trip to Sweden. It has grown in a colder climate, and has very few knots. Indeed the color will darker (or yellow) a bit over time.
The cutout area behind the coaming actually is a skeg sliding box, from where I can lower an internal skeg.
Erik, Belgium.
The wood is picea abies (Nordic spruce), which I brought home on a trip to Sweden. It has grown in a colder climate, and has very few knots. Indeed the color will darker (or yellow) a bit over time.
The cutout area behind the coaming actually is a skeg sliding box, from where I can lower an internal skeg.
Erik, Belgium.