Alex said: <snip> >Why the light preference? Partly because of the on/off the roof of the van, >partly getting up and down beaches, partly the liveliness, even when loaded >for multiday tripping. As I said, my preferences. It truly is preference. I don't want to come across as too fruity. While wood is good, lightweight fiberglass kayaks that are vacuumed bagged are getting stronger and stiffer these days. Part of the problem has been getting enough saturation into vacuum bagged layups when you go a little thicker. The better shops are using resin injectors. It is an expensive operation. The best way I can describe why I like heavier, stiffer kayaks is to look at a piece of paper. A single piece of quality bond paper, 8x10, has a good strength-to-weight ratio. But I wouldn't ship something for Christmas to NZ in it. I'd use cardboard, which is much stiffer, but may not have as much strength-to-weight ratio. As for me, I'm not sure what my wooden kayak will end up weighing, when I get around to building it. 45 lbs would be nice. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jan 12 2000 - 15:39:45 PST
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