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Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
By:David Dick
Date: 8/8/2001, 9:55 am
In Response To: Re: Kevlar skin on frame? (Paul G. Jacobson)

: Only one ply needed. By definition a skin on frame kayak has a frame which
: supports the loads. The skin just keeps the water out.

I would be concerned that a thin, stiff, skin would be more susceptable to puncture than a more elastic skin. The elastomeric coatings allow more movement between the fibers, allowing point loads to be spread over a larger area.

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Kevlar skin on frame?
Kurt -- 8/6/2001, 2:01 pm
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Don -- 8/7/2001, 3:59 pm
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
David Dick -- 8/7/2001, 8:37 am
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/8/2001, 2:58 am
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
David Dick -- 8/8/2001, 9:55 am
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/8/2001, 7:28 pm
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
kurt -- 8/6/2001, 11:40 pm
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Brian Nystrom -- 8/7/2001, 12:31 pm
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/6/2001, 11:08 pm
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Bruce Schultz -- 8/8/2001, 8:43 am
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Scotty -- 8/7/2001, 7:16 am
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Roger Tulk -- 8/6/2001, 9:10 pm
Re: Kevlar skin on frame?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/6/2001, 11:11 pm
Glass skin on frame
Jim -- 8/7/2001, 9:50 am
Re: Glass skin on frame
Tony -- 8/7/2001, 1:10 pm
Re: Glass skin on frame
Jim -- 8/7/2001, 3:09 pm