From: "Steven Correll"
One last question,(probably).... Do you put the Kootenay [back-swept] stems on both front and back??? or can you use the classic [circular] stem for the front and the Kootenay stem for the back?
P.S. I really enjoy your book and have read your pep talk several times. It has re-energized me when I have wavered.
Steve,
Anything you think would work for you is OK, there are no hard rules about that. I normally put Kootenay stems front and back, I guess I like the symmetry, the functionality, and the streamlining of that shape. I suggest making that stem a little longer with a sharper corner in the stern and a little less sharp with a more rounded corner in the bow, just to avoid any tendency there may be for the boat to oversteer. The drawing for the 34" beam Micmac should have both of these lines (see Where's the Kootenay stem line?)
Thanks!
David
A Kootenay-style stem graces one of David's 18' Micmacs
on Trillium Lake near Mt. Hood, Oregon.
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