Skin-on-frame definitely has its drawbacks, but the single most positive thing about building this way is the ability to evolve designs. We build boats, you give feedback, the design changes. My last Mariner inspired skin-boat went through two years of design work and got worse and better throughout the process and is still being...
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Building the SC-1
The perfect flatwater kayak for beginners.The perfect ocean kayak for surf enthusiasts. The original Coaster was designed by Cam Broze of Mariner Kayaks in 1985. This 23″ wide 13’5″ kayak quickly gained cult status as a superior kayak in the surf. Surprisingly it went on to prove itself as a remarkably versatile sea kayak...
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Copying a Fiberglass Kayak in Skin-on-Frame: Building the SC-1
Note: I built this interpretive copy of the Mariner Coaster with permission.It is not cool to copy someone else’s design work without asking them first. “….lets double check that measurement one more time,” — our motto Taking the breadths with crude calipers. Setting up the gunwales, again and again and again, to get it...
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