From: Larry Bliven <foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net> > http://www.iserv.net/~rendezvu/BetsieBayNFO.html > > Arctic Lite 19 utilizes a modern marine plywood and hardwood framework and > tough, slippery nylon/vinyl composite skin. ' > > Specifications: Length: 19 feet, Max. Beam: 21", Wt: about 35 lbs. Cockpit: > 16x22-1/ 2" > --------------- > i've just read the web site. anyone like to comment on this boat? > the weight is interesting considering it's dimensions. That weight isn't that unusual for a skin/frame boat. My 18'7" baidarka weighs 34 pounds and I used a fairly heavy nylon skin with hypallon coating. I intend to reskin it with polyester fabric and aliphatic urethane coating and the weight will probably get down around 28 pounds. A friend who builds several different skin frame boats builds his greenland style boats at 24 pounds and a sweet greenland/baidarka cross thats about 28 pounds. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Hello Gang, Kirk recently wrote that he was planning to reskin a wooden kayak with polyester fabric and aliphatic urethane coating. Does anyone have any experience with these materials? I recently reskinned an old Klepper (yes, it really can be done), but I'm not thrilled with my choice of materials. I used Sunbrella for the deck (a nice synthetic canvas, but a bit light) and a heavy vinyl for the hull. I've experimented with hypalon in the past, but found it hard to get a really smooth coat. It is also very heavy. So what is this aliphatic urethane coat stuff? Is it difficult to put on? Where do you buy it? Will it stay pliable like hypalon if I want to put it on a skin for a folding kayak? Thanks for any input you'all can provide! - Scott *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Scott Ives wrote: > Kirk recently wrote that he was planning to reskin a wooden kayak with > polyester fabric and aliphatic urethane coating. My baidarka is aluminum but that's a minor detail. > Does anyone have any experience with these materials? A friend uses both regularly. There are a couple of pictures of his boats on my web page http://world.std.com/~jkolsen He gets the polyester fabric from Dyson, Baidarka and Co. (ads in the back of sea kayaker magazine) The aliphatic urethane is made by Gaco. It's nasty stuff and you need to use a cartridge respirator at a minimum. I haven't heard of it being used in a folding application, yet. If you try it let me know how it goes. > I used Sunbrella for the deck (a nice synthetic canvas, but a bit > light) and a heavy vinyl for the hull. I've experimented with hypalon > in the past, but found it hard to get a really smooth coat. Did you thin the hypallon? I thinned the hypallon, roughly 50% thinner (Xylene), for the first few coats. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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