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Making a light boat if money wasn't an issue
By:Jerry
Date: 9/30/2000, 6:44 pm

If you wanted to make a light boat for reasonable use, (no expeditions, no serious off shore use), what materials would you change?

(BTW, not in a rocky area and this will typically be used for sandy rivers).

I would want glass on the bottom of the boat for repairability. SO, I'm thinking something like:

Carbon/Kevlar Tape

Layers of:

Carbon/Kevlar or maybe lightweight glass for workability.
Deck
Carbon/Kevlar

Carbon/Kevlar
Hull
Glass (4 oz)

Messages In This Thread

Making a light boat if money wasn't an issue
Jerry -- 9/30/2000, 6:44 pm
Have you checked out the Geodesic Aerolite boats?
JohnT -- 10/1/2000, 12:13 am
Re: Have you checked out the Geodesic Aerolite boa
Jerry -- 10/1/2000, 12:21 pm
Tips for light weight building...
JohnT -- 10/1/2000, 10:56 pm
Re: Tips for light weight building...
garland reese -- 10/2/2000, 6:01 pm
Yare notes
Craig Bumgarner -- 10/2/2000, 10:05 am