Doug, who is advertising vacuum-bagging as lighter? Certainly not me. I suppose you could make that argument if you have equal strength as the criteria but not if equal stiffness is the criteria. Stiffness could mean less likely to fold (and therefore less likely for a lightweight kayak to be damaged that way) or stiffness could mean more brittle to a blow. Your kayak is strong because it weighs in at 80 pounds or so with all the reinforcing and patches you have done to it over the years. A well build 80 pound vacuum bagged kayak could be way stronger. The catch comes when you are trying to build a 40 pound kayak. Both lay-ups will be more subject to damage but their vulnerabilities to damage will be in different risk of damage situations. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.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/ ***************************************************************************
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