Shawn said >snipped<: >>>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.<<< Yes, that's the current theory, but take two brand new kayaks from reputable manufacturers, flip them over so the hulls are face up, then grind through the gelcoat to the underlayer of glass with a sharp point on both the individual hulls. Bet the hand-laid, bit heavier boat will "fuzz" less at the core than the "squeezed-out" VB'ed lay-up. Bet you you will penetrate less on the hand-laid hull if the kayak is one made by a skilled glasser. Mongo like more resin. Mongo allowed to like more resin. Mongo buy boats with more resin. Mongo maybe not very intelligent, but Mongo not care what others think. :-) Please don't perform the above test on a retailer's kayaks in full view of the proprietor. :-) As for Kevlar composites, its slippery nature means the VB'er better know what they are doing. Mongo go now. Mongo working much overtime 'cause BC government lay off much workers -- now have to pay much overtime. Mongo's master not very intelligent, but maybe Mongo can buy new boat sooner. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 01 2003 - 14:32:32 PST
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