Susan, I changed the subject line to increase the odds that you get a useful response from one of the people such as Matt Broze; Nick Schade; Bob Denton; ... etc. that are experienced with building the boats. As far as a 16' boat weighing 35lbs, unless you're talking fully loaded with a weeks supply of gear and food or if it's built by anyone in Britain, <g> ;-) it's not an unusual weight for what we refer to as light weight boats. The ones in that weight range often achieve it, by both having a fairly thin "top deck" and using various techniques such as vacuum or pressurized bladder during the lay-up in the mold to squeeze out the excess resin. This generally means that (depending on what needs to be repaired), you'll end up with a few more ounces of weight (maybe even a few pounds if the repair is extensive) than the boat had when it first came from the factory. The basic trick is to make sure you don't use too much resin. Remember though, that too little can be bad as well - pinhole leaks, or a patch that doesn't stick. Having given this little bit of advice, I'll shut up now and let the experts on this list give you the truly useful information, such as how to actually achieve the good results you want. Happy Paddling - Saul -----Original Message----- From: Susan C. Jorgensen <Susan.C.Jorgensen_at_Dartmouth.EDU> To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 5:48 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] Bart Hauthaway > >Does anyone out there have a Bart boat? I need to do some fiberglass repair >and was hoping someone that might have done it could give me some advise. > >I know he does something different with his glass (how else could a 16' boat >weigh under 35 lbs?), but I don't know *anything* about fiberglass..... > >sj in VT >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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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