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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5490
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ok just an idea of mine..
if you took an old boat, like a dancer, put in some foot blocks, sawed off the ends then used a blowtorch to mold it together into a playboat shape, would it work? it obviously wouldnt have much hull integrety or be very safe, but would be a fun project let me know if i sound like an idiot  |
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5492
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i've seen a guy with such a boat participating in the worlds back in 1998 or so. i think Double Dutch also made a playboat that way once.
it's be more playable than the long boat, but the hull form will still be oldschool and the proportions are not very likely to be optimal  If you're happy, you're successful.
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5494
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[quote:ca725b9cbd="Jeroen"]i've seen a guy with such a boat participating in the worlds back in 1998 or so. i think Double Dutch also made a playboat that way once.
it's be more playable than the long boat, but the hull form will still be oldschool and the proportions are not very likely to be optimal [/quote:ca725b9cbd]What if you could heat it up and bend the materials... Customise it slightly if you get what I mean. And obviously itd be unsafe so itd be use for flat water or something... Nice idea. I want a go. |
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5497
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go for it . post if it waorks.
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5501
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There was a french guy who did it on the zambezie in the early 80's. Cutted down a perception ( not sure) and surfed like hell. There was a artikel in Kayak Session (not sure too) about him long time ago.
Everything is done - the end of history |
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5502
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I remember an article about this done to an Inazone. Apparently it worked great, till it started transforming even further, into a sieve
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5503
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[quote:0191aeee8e="donmarty"]I remember an article about this done to an Inazone. Apparently it worked great, till it started transforming even further, into a sieve
[/quote:0191aeee8e]Ahhhh yeah, The Inazone with the pronged ends  Classic. |
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5507
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[quote:93f8151220="donmarty"]I remember an article about this done to an Inazone. Apparently it worked great, till it started transforming even further, into a sieve
[/quote:93f8151220]That would be the outazone then robt.cc/articles/creating_the_Outazone.php |
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5509
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That's the one!!
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5527
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awesome, ishould try that with my old shock
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5530
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Great, I enjoyed the video, much more better than Pororoca
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make your own playboat 19 years 8 months ago #5542
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it's definitly worth a shot if you have an old boat to mess up. It's fun to build stuff. The worst case scenario is that you will have experimented more with plastic welding and will be better prepared for when you have a crack in your newer boat. Best case would be that you have a fun new toy for super low water.
Try this one. We cut open the bow of my friend's boat and let him sit in it. Then, we measured about 10cm in front of his toes and cut the bow deck off there. Bent the hull part up to meet the new deck cutoff and welded it all together.. We just cut the stern off square, the same amount as the bow deck and welded it all together. It was an ugly, but fun little boat. |
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make your own playboat 19 years 7 months ago #5605
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A guy i know did it with a session a few years back... choped off the ends and melted it up...
the boat was sweet for 20 min before your legs died... it still going strong he has it over in Uganda... sure why not? |
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make your own playboat 19 years 7 months ago #5607
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www.robt.cc/photos/creating_the_outazone/index.php
www.robt.cc/video/view.php?vid=outazone&...char=g&server=tv these might help pretty kewl even if they dont |
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make your own playboat 19 years 7 months ago #5619
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Oh, the making of the outazone reminds me at Corran Addisson End Game video. What we witness here with the outazone is really professional design process and no messing around !
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make your own playboat 19 years 7 months ago #5732
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The outerzone is fab! if i can get myself a V cheap boat ill have a crack at making my own playboat. Any tips on the best shape and size for maximum fun? If all goes to plan ill post some pics.
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