Updated Friday, August 15, 2008 10:40 PM
Plans kayak - Smart, €89
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Smart is a handy little kayak with the same hull form as Kavat and Nomad. Designed primarily as a safe and easily handled kayak for youngsters, Smart makes a excellent touring kayak for anybody who have learned the fine art of travelling light. And I do not mean "spartan travelling light". With a load capacity of 125 kg, Smart offers luxuaries that a backpacker could only dream of. On a day tour Smart would float even heavy paddlers.
Like Kavat, Smart is light, swift and extremely maneuverable. Since stability and balance to a large extent are built in the kayak, even the novice will feel safe and experience full control in a seaway. Movements are calm and predictable - you can park the paddle and take a photo, take on or off an anorak or have a cup of tea.
For its length, Smart has a high touring speed. The hull is designed so that friction and wavemaking simultaneously hits a low spot slightly below 4 knots, indicating that you can go 4 knots with very little effort. The downside of this arrangement is that top speed is not very impressive - do not enter races in Smart! But if you do - feel free to blame the designer if you do not win. Due to its maneuverability, Smart is fun to use in rapids, surf and for rockhopping.
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Lines - Smart
Particulars - Smart
| Length: | total/lwl: 485/439 cm* |
| Beam: | total/lwl: 59/57 cm |
| Draft: | 11 cm |
| Cockpit: | 80 x 40 cm* |
| Height: | in front of/behind the cockpit 29/22 cm |
| Weight: | 16 kg |
| Load capacity: | 130 kg - 305 liter |
| Calculated speed: | 7,9 - 10.4 km/t** |
| PC: | 0,56 |
| Wetted surface: | 1,93 m² |
| Calculated drag: | (4 knop) 3,58 kp - (5 knop) 7,29 kp |
| Stability: | very 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 necessary information to build the kayak.
