>>> <snip> It is no wonder of course why Royalex is now the more favorite material for canoes then FRP, because it is very strong with reasonable weight, reasonable price, and (with the right design) rigid enough for good performance. If kayaks could/will be made in Royalex, see what happens then! Dirk Barends the Netherlands >>> I consider Royalex a heavy material for portaging, more suited for whitewater than for lake travel. My skin coat, foam core, FRP, Wenonah Jensen 18, which I bought for paddling and portaging in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, weighs about 24 kg, versus 32 to 36 kg for a typical Royalex canoe. Of course, my canoe is more lightly built than my kayak. My impression is that, generally, plastic kayaks weigh about as much as heavy-duty FRP kayaks, and more than typical North American FRP kayaks. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 07 2000 - 08:37:42 PST
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