User talk:Deekaydesigns

Tortured plywood kayak designs began in the 1960s when Dennis Davis, a UK woodwork teacher, produced his DK1 - a very simple curved ply sheet design which was very tender, having as it did a slightly hogged keel line. This was the result of the simple bending. The next design, the DK15 (not now numbered in sequence, but rather referring to the approximate length of the kayak) was given curved centre lines to each hull panel which were then pulled together on the hog to which the panels were glued and nailed. This resulted in the keel line being slightly curved, greatly increasing stability. The DK15, like the DK1 was an all-wood design where the ends of the kayak were fastened to wooden end posts. The next design, DK13, differed, and set the tone for the rest of the series, by having the ends of the hull drawn together and fastened with copper wire 'stitches'. The resulting seam is then sealed with glass tape and resin. Further similar designs followed over a period of several years to include kayaks for sea use and the DK22 of slalom length with a very curved keel line. Later developments of the construction method were the Tornado catamaran and other multihull designs. See Dennis Davis - The Book of Canoeing, Arthur Barker 1969 which gives full details for building the DK12, a modified version of the DK13.

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