On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Gerald Foodman wrote: > A friend is a light boat fanatic. He has, for example, a 38 lb Kevlar Seda > Swift. > > How light is too light? It's only too light when it breaks.... I've got a 19'6" 28 pound surf ski that has survived 2 Finlandia Challenges (by previous owner) plus regular use by me. It's just a carbon layup and probably has some foam core in the hull. There's negligible flex in the hull. A friend builds a 17' 25 pound greenland style skin/frame kayak that is plenty strong. His extra sturdy baidarka, built for a 250 pound friend, came in at 32 pounds. The 38 pound Seda you quote sounds "heavy". I would expect a spectra boat would come out very light but those are mega pricey, something about the spectra being so light it tended to float in the resin instead of being saturated. I vaguely recall the weight of a competition spectra layup whitewater C1 being about 10 pounds. (I would be happy to be corrected on the weights and limitations of building with spectra). kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 08 1999 - 08:19:59 PDT
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