Sorry for my flippant use of terms on what was originally intended as just a pithy and flippant series of replys to the OP... to answer your...
glad I could bring some humor. :D in all seriousness maybe try just putting the paddles on the outside edges of the toons.. at least that way it...
the challenge with this design is how to effectively get between the only two useable speeds of slow idle paddling and wide open throttle to skip...
IMHO a flats boat and one I'd take offshore on any but the slickest calm days are mutually exclusive designs.... especially in a smallish design....
one of the reasons I was tried the canvas/paint was cause didn't feel like using a couple hundred dollars in epoxy....30x15 canvas is like $30 and...
coroplast , foam, ply, cardboard.... all the same when fiberglassed into a laminate... just a matter of layup schedule. and tradeoffs in in weight...
my working theory is NO.... why I call it disposable... if your gonna build a permanent enigma/paradox/elusion just build it properly out of ply...
like Angelique said.... you glue down canvas and saturate with exterior paint. just like ships from before real fiberglass used to protect the...
the gorfnik guy also has a blog iirc and has taken several trips in it. They also iirc have several shantyboat variations of the pdr hull. check...
you could try a gorfnik. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zr1npm9em8lngh9/EDITED%20GORFNIK%20PLANS%209-12-2015.pdf?dl=0
W ishbone A ftmast S ailing P ole. :D:D:D Sorry couldn't resist. May have to try something like this on my little 14ft sharpie boat im building...
Just read this... Great idea guys..Would be a pig for racing but may have to show up for one of these if there ever done in Texas when im finished...
