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Re: squirt boat construction
By:Hafte
Date: 11/1/2000, 11:16 am
In Response To: Re: squirt boat construction (Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats))

: Nice job on your boats...ive always thought that wood wasnot suiteable to
: whitewater paddling.. was your hull wood too, covered with tie-died
: fabric?

Yes, its wood w/tye-died cotten. I learned how to tie-dye just to make the fabric for that boat. Next time I'll use silk. Cotten just sucks up too much epoxy and adds several pounds, and I think the silk will dye easier, be tougher, and weight less.

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march truedsson -- 10/27/2000, 1:34 pm
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Tbird -- 11/2/2000, 4:43 pm
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Hafte -- 11/2/2000, 5:45 pm
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Hafte -- 10/30/2000, 5:13 pm
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peter czerpak -- 11/1/2000, 7:55 am
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Hafte -- 11/1/2000, 2:06 pm
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peter czerpak -- 11/3/2000, 10:17 am
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Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 11/1/2000, 7:29 am
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Hafte -- 11/1/2000, 11:16 am
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.tim -- 10/28/2000, 4:35 am
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KenB -- 10/31/2000, 2:13 pm
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