Hi Doug, What makes a hand-laid kayak stiffer than a vacuum-bagged boat? Extra resin. Why not a VB'ed boat with extra glass that is the same weight as the aforementioned hand-laid kayak....much more stiffness _and_ more strength. And only slightly more cost. Resin is more brittle than glass. Resin is much more brittle than Kevlar, diolene, or polyester cloths. If it were practical, I'd VB my wooden hulls...it's highly practical to VB a molded glass hull. I love the Brit's designs, but I don't buy the more-gelcoat-is-better, more-resin-is-better mentality. More cloth is better. Resin is just the matrix for holding the cloth together. :) Shawn >I still like hand-laid kayaks, as they tend to be fairly stiff, if a >bit heavier than bagged boats. And as far as galling of plastic kayak >hulls, aluminium galls badly too. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Feb 28 2003 - 08:15:58 PST
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