Updated Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:39 PM
Plans kayak - Kavat, €89
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Kavat is a light, swift and extremely maneuvrable medium volume kayak – quick acceleration, easy to turn and to stop and easily handled in high winds and waves. Hull form is closer to a traditional double ended fishing boat than to a contemporary kayak, which gives Kavat calm and easy movements in a short sea. Even inexperienced paddlers will feel safe and secure from the start. Stability is very high - nitial and secondary – and approximately the same with or without camping gear. You can use a camera or binoculars or take on or off a jacket even in choppy seas.
Kavat is not a roomy kayak, but with a bit of ingenuity and discipline you can pack a weeks worth of gear. It can be built and used without unnecessary gadgets – rudder, hatches, bulkheads etc. Gear that doesn't exist cannot break, weighs not a single ounce and costs not a penny (but if you find accessories irresisteble, do not worry – the plans show them all).
Kavat has a high touring pace rather than high top speed – to achieve long distances with less effort. Due to the excellent maneuverability Kavat is fun to use in rapids, for coastal surfing and rock hopping. Directional stability is dynamic - easy to turn at low speeds, good tracking at high speeds. The arched foredeck sheds water quickly, resulting in a dry paddling in short seas and a kayak that does not dive when driven hard into head seas.
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Particulars - Kavat
| Length: | total/lwl: 525/476 cm* |
| Beam: | total/lwl: 57/56 cm |
| Draft: | 11 cm |
| Cockpit: | 80 x 40 cm* |
| Height: | in front of/behind the cockpit 29/22 cm |
| Weight: | 16 kg |
| Load capacity: | 130kg - 367 liter |
| Calculated speed: | 8,2 - 11.0 km/t** |
| PC: | 0,57 |
| Wetted surface: | 2,09 m² |
| Calculated drag: | (4 knop) 3,62 kp - (5 knop) 7,01 kp |
| Stability: | (80 kg) high - (max load) high |
| Intended use: | Coastal and open sea touring. Lakes and rivers (rapids included). Day tours and exercise. |
* These dimensions can be adapted to suit personal needs or wishes.
** The speed numbers are based on mathematical standard formulas (175 lb paddler + 30 lb carco weight) and corrected from the kayaks actual performance om trials, on tours and in races.
I can also offer complete kits and professionally built and finished canoes. Please contact me for prices and terms.
The plans
Two sheets contains the nescessary information to build the kayak.
