The Brits use a lot of matte and resin in the decks of their boats to make them rigid. But rigid does not make strong. Have you ever noticed how much the wing tips of an airliner flex when the aircraft experiences turbulence? Do you want to know what would happen if they didn't? Perhaps it is no accident that vaccuum-bagging techniques were developed in Boeing Land. There is one thing to be said in favor of heavy boats; the inertia caused by their weight can mellow-out thir motion in a steep chop, especially if they are soft-bilged rather than hard-chined. Of course, packing a bit of ballast would do the same thing. Dave Kruger's proposal to document hull/deck failures is an interesting one. I wonder how strip-built and plywood/epoxy [S&G] have fared under extreme stress conditions John *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 06 2000 - 05:56:07 PDT
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