>From the Kayak Building Bulletin Board comes this good question: "Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about making a skin on frame with hemp canvas, I figured it would work well, the old dutch boats had to have been made out of hemp, canvas is the old duch word for cannabis. What weight fabric would work best though? I'm planning on making a skin guillemot, does anyone else whose made one have any advice." I know Klepper uses "a proprietary weave of Egyptian cotton and hemp" for the deck, but have they ever used it for skin material? Paul *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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