John's comment is accurate for larger vessels. We have aluminum many gill net boats here. However, the scaling of a vessel down to our size requirements makes for a skin that would be too flexible for good dent-resistance, if you were to make a yak one of us would want to lift. What works for a 65-foot, beamy commercial fishing vessel does not work so well for a narrow, 17 foot kayak. Different requirements. Different materials. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Fereira" <jaf30_at_cornell.edu> > My uncle has used an aluminum boat for a long time. It was built in a > shipyard in Ft. Bragg, California. It's 65' long and was considered to be > top-of-the-line at the time for commercial fishing boats. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 27 2003 - 15:56:50 PST
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