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Cape
Ann Double
built
by Marc Dilley |
Here is another head turning
tandem adorned with 'diamond' inlay and handmade carbon rudder.
Cape Ann Double technical specs.
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Despite
the horrendous wind in North Central Washington over the weekend, we paddled
both Saturday and Sunday on the Columbia River (functionally now just
a series of long, skinny lakes because of all the dams, so not much current
and no rocks). The kayak handled great and we were both surprised how
fast it goes. We paddled Sunday with a buddy in a 30 lb kevlar single
and had no trouble keeping up. The rudder works well except that I need
to work on the deployment set up. The nylon cord stretches when its wet;
I am looking for a polypro or dacron line to replace it...
Margareta and I are very pleased with your design and the kayak. It was
a real joy to build and we are looking forward to many, many years of
fun...all those skinny pie-shaped pieces of AK white cedar took me forever
to do, but I enjoy working with hand planes! Man, did I ever learn a lot
about what to do and what not to do!!
Vaclav, let me just say that this project has been so much fun that I
would like to build a couple of singles - one for myself and one for my
wife. I'll be purchasing new plans from you, but probably not for a year
or 3. - Marc Dilley
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"The dark wood on top dead center is Black
Walnut, and the skinny reddish strips are Padouk".
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Margareta
and I just returned from 5 days of paddling the Bowron Lakes Loop in north
central British Columbia. Our Cape Ann Double was awesome. We are more impressed
with it than ever - stable, fast and cool looking. You are right, people
were gawking at the kayak all the time. I think I will make the stowage
portholes larger next time. I had to tussle with the drybags alot. The trip
itself was incredible. From the boat we saw bear, moose, all kinds of weather,
a forest fire and and I hooked into a fish that pivoted the boat around
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9 May 2024
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