On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:34:51 -0700, "Doug Lloyd" <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> said: > SOF's probably wouldn't have > the abrasion resistance for daughters of mine. I think you underestimate some of the fabrics used for SOF. I've paddled a tandem baidarka built with George Dyson's 26 ounce nylon. The owners regularly ran the fully loaded boat straight onto the barnacle encrusted rocks in Maine. Another friend builds his boats using a 13 ounce polyester. He was paddling with the tide, and came to a complete stop atop some rebar coming out of an old piling in the river. He had to hop the boat to get it off the piling. No damage to the hull. Some fabrics will tear easily. The double woven nylons and polyester are pretty durable. I believe the nylon and polyester are normally used as filter material for paper pulp factories and water treatment facilities. Situations where a tear would be ugly... -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Mar 18 2007 - 18:35:23 PDT
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