Re: [Paddlewise] Breaking Boats

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 07:34:54 -0700
BaysideBob wrote:
> 
> I'm confused.
> 
> What's the difference between a "taped" seam inside and out
> and a "fiberglass" seam inside and out?

I think Doug means "polyester resin and glass" when he says "fiberglass" and
means "epoxy and glass" when he says "taped."  I think he favors the epoxy over
the polyester.  Perhaps Matt broze can help here, also.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Lloyd":
> 
> > > My Nordkapp never broke up per say. It was the seams that let go. I
> > replaced them with tape inside and out, using epoxy resin, and now it is
> > "bommer" (as Roger puts it). Dave's Arluk split its seams on our Storm
> > Island rescue trip, in heavy open-sea conditions - and he had inside and
> > outside seams factory installed, but they were done in fiberglass. I think
> > fiberglass seams can have limitations for boats that get abused.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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