Hi Paddlewisers A few days ago, I was visited by a fellow who is about to start designing and building his own seakayak. He said that one way in which his handcrafted kayak was going to differ from ordinary production kayaks, was that he would be using fiberglass mats. When asked what the difference was between that and my fiberglass kayak, he said: Most fiberglass kayaks in production, really consists of more plastic than fiberglass. When building these kayaks, they cut fiberglass mats into small pieces, and then spray a mix of fiber and plastic on the hullshape. It's simply too expensive to have a mass production of kayaks build using larger fiberglass mats. Typically a glassfiber kayak contains twice as much plastic as glassfiber. Anyway this spray technique means that they have to use more material for obtaining a sufficient strength, compared kayaks build with mats. My question to you - is this really true? best regards Peter Unold *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Did he use the term "chopper-gun"? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Joachim Unold <pjunold_at_daimi.au.dk> To: <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> > > A > Most fiberglass kayaks in production, really consists of more plastic > than fiberglass. When building these kayaks, they cut fiberglass mats > into small pieces, and then spray a mix of fiber and plastic on the > hullshape. > My question to you - is this really true? *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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