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How much wood
By:Ian
Date: 10/21/2001, 6:51 am

Hi,

I have bought the plans for a Guillemot Expedition Single.
With this came the following approximate material requirements:

3/4" Strips (linear ft) 1,100

1/2" Strips (linear ft) 250
I converted this to metric and got:

13mm Strips (linear m) 336

20mm Strips (linear m) 77
That over 400m of wood !!!

This seems a hell of a lot for a 19' (~6m) kayak.

Is this correct or have I done something silly ?

Cheers
Ian

Messages In This Thread

How much wood
Ian -- 10/21/2001, 6:51 am
Re: How much wood
John B. -- 10/21/2001, 4:40 pm
Re: How much wood
Richard Boyle -- 10/21/2001, 8:52 am