What do you guys do about the cracks in the gel-coat? Robert > Eddie van den Hurk <vdh_at_paradise.net.nz> wrote > Thu, 13 Jan 200<PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>0 19:24:14 +1300 > > The fastest sail boats like the Whitbread round the world yacht race,keep > the boats as light as possible and as strong as possible seeing they travel > through the roughest of oceans in the world. > This has been made possible by moderne materials,e.g. kevlar and strong > flexable resins. > I was talking to a kayak builder from Cape Cod who builds Baidarkas > around 29 lbw and even 25 lbw ,he lost one of his vehicle driving at speed > and not a scratch on the boat.. > Here in NZ we prefer (but can't always afford) the lightweight kevlar boats > around the 18 to 22 kg..And I find that after a long trip on my own even > that gets heavy to lift on the car. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 17 2000 - 06:22:57 PST
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