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 *************************************************************************** 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 - 07:31:35 PDT
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