Dan Valleskey valleskey at comcast dot net wrote in message . ..
Hi Jeff-
Paddle it anyway. It won't be race legal, but I bet it works okay as
a work-out boat.

A hogged boat isn't legal? Weird.

I wanted it for use on a twisty river with casual paddlers
(wife'n'kids). The hog would seem to make for TOUGH cornering. The
current owner says to just roll it on side and ends come out and a
turn is easy, but...

Speaking of legal... Is a rudder legal in a fla****er hut-boat race?
(MCRA?) What about using a pole instead of / in addition to a paddle?

--JP

Jeff Potter wrote:
Dan Valleskey valleskey at comcast dot net wrote in message . ..

Hi Jeff-
Paddle it anyway. It won't be race legal, but I bet it works okay as
a work-out boat.


A hogged boat isn't legal? Weird.

I wanted it for use on a twisty river with casual paddlers
(wife'n'kids). The hog would seem to make for TOUGH cornering. The
current owner says to just roll it on side and ends come out and a
turn is easy, but...

Speaking of legal... Is a rudder legal in a fla****er hut-boat race?
(MCRA?) What about using a pole instead of / in addition to a paddle?

--JP
Jeff,
Various people have used additional vertical bracing to push the bottom
down and back into the original lines. Try this. Tack (hotglue to
start with) a longitudinal stringer down the inside keelline - maybe a
foot longer than the distance between the center thwarts. Cut vertical
braces slightly longer than the gap between this stringer and the
thwarts above. Cup the top end to keep it from slipping off the thwart,
and wedge into place. Check the bottom. If that takes out most of the
hog, great. Work on storing the boat in an upright position - maybe on
slings?

Marsh

On 28-Jul-2004, Marsh Jones wrote:

foot longer than the distance between the center thwarts. Cut vertical
braces slightly longer than the gap between this stringer and the
thwarts above. Cup the top end to keep it from slipping off the thwart,
and wedge into place. Check the bottom. If that takes out most of the
hog, great.

This sounds like it will take out beamwise hogging. I was under the
impression he has lengthwise hogging.

Jeff, which is it?

Mike

"Michael Daly" wrote in message ...
On 28-Jul-2004, Marsh Jones wrote:

foot longer than the distance between the center thwarts. Cut vertical
braces slightly longer than the gap between this stringer and the
thwarts above. Cup the top end to keep it from slipping off the thwart,
and wedge into place. Check the bottom. If that takes out most of the
hog, great.

This sounds like it will take out beamwise hogging. I was under the
impression he has lengthwise hogging.

Jeff, which is it?

I think they're related. The center area sagged so the ends lost their
rocker. It was stored on sawhorses for years. In sun. Weighting and
boosting the center thwart and dancing all sound like good ideas.

--JP

Jeff Potter wrote:
Dan Valleskey valleskey at comcast dot net wrote in message . ..

Hi Jeff-
Paddle it anyway. It won't be race legal, but I bet it works okay as
a work-out boat.


A hogged boat isn't legal? Weird.

I wanted it for use on a twisty river with casual paddlers
(wife'n'kids). The hog would seem to make for TOUGH cornering. The
current owner says to just roll it on side and ends come out and a
turn is easy, but...

Speaking of legal... Is a rudder legal in a fla****er hut-boat race?
(MCRA?) What about using a pole instead of / in addition to a paddle?

--JP
Nope:
Rule V.A.9 Rudders: There shall be no mechanical steering devices in any
USCA classes except the ICF Kayak class. This does not include fixed
keel or skegs as deemed allowable under present keel and concavity rules.

"Jeff Potter" wrote in message
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Dan Valleskey valleskey at comcast dot net wrote in message
. ..
Hi Jeff-
Paddle it anyway. It won't be race legal, but I bet it works okay as
a work-out boat.

A hogged boat isn't legal? Weird.

I wanted it for use on a twisty river with casual paddlers
(wife'n'kids). The hog would seem to make for TOUGH cornering. The
current owner says to just roll it on side and ends come out and a
turn is easy, but...

The 'negative rocker' might be the most apparent property of hogging, but
functionally it mainly decreases primary stability - not a great thing for
novices and kids.

I'd hang it in the sun from its thwarts/gunnels and fill it with sand or
water. Historically, paying rerspect to the boat spirits with dancing,
drumming, and singing seem to have been effective.

You might try carving some ribs and jamming them in to see whether they
help. (See any video on bark boat building.

Hth,
Fred Klingener