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Guillemot strip quantity
By:Chris Menard
Date: 3/8/2000, 8:33 am

Well, its time to buy the strips for my Guillemot. I will most likely drive 2 hours to Newfound and pick them up myself. Here's the question.

Nicks Table of materials calls for 1004 feet of C&B or 53 18 foot lenghts (~960). he claims this contains %20 overage. When I called Newfound, they looked in their 'kit book' and said I needed just shy of 1200 which (using nicks numbers) seems to be %40 overage. Can someone narrow down the requirements for a first timer. I dont want to have a tree's worth when Im done but I also dont wanna redo the drive for 4 feet of wood

Thanx.

Messages In This Thread

Guillemot strip quantity
Chris Menard -- 3/8/2000, 8:33 am
Re: Guillemot strip quantity
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 3/9/2000, 6:45 pm
Re: Guillemot strip quantity
John Waddington -- 3/9/2000, 7:26 am
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Marcelo 9 7/8 -- 3/9/2000, 7:10 am
Re: Guillemot strip quantity
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/8/2000, 9:11 am