Rob G wrote: >>>>>Could I replicate an outstanding SOF design in glass and make it perform as well?<<<<< Not likely. Corry Freedman (Spirit Line Kayaks) made a glass mold from a very nice handling Aleut replica kayak he had made. The resulting glass kayak was not a real nice kayak. One of its problems was that it gave a much wetter ride that the same shaped SOF had been. I analyzed the problem to be the lack of longitudinal flex in the fiberglass kayak compared to the SOF. While the bow volume had been plenty when the bow could bend to lift over the waves that same volume was totally inadequate when it couldn't flex nearly as much. Matt Broze 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 22 2004 - 18:50:12 PDT
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