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Strip: Weight of footbraces & other parts *LINK* *Pic*
By:John Caldeira
Date: 2/12/2003, 8:16 am

I weighed some outfitting parts for my Guillemot under construction, after reading message 34773 from Larry C. back in 2000 that provided weight statistics for his outfitting components. Thought some of you might find the results from my little spring postal scale interesting:

Footbraces, Yakima 15" rails: 16.7 ounces + 4 bolts = 17.9 ounces

Footbraces, Keepers: 10.5 ounces + 4 bolts = 11.7 ounces

Bulkhead for bow, 4" minicell foam (from Redfish Kayaks): 9.5 ounces

Bulkhead for stern, 4" foam: 9 ounces

Seat, foam shaped to a Guillemot: 8.7 ounces

Backrest, 4mm okoume plywood (10" x 6") with foam & fittings: 4.0 ounces

My Guillemot deck and hull together, with under-deck hatch rims and 6 ounce glass throughout (2 layers on bottom, cockpit and deck reinforcing) weighs 34 pounds before the deck and hull are joined.

John (thinking of taking an inch of foam off each bulkhead)

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Weight of footbraces & other parts *LINK* *Pic*
John Caldeira -- 2/12/2003, 8:16 am
Re: Strip: Weight of footbraces & other parts
Brian Nystrom -- 2/12/2003, 2:00 pm
I like Keepers! *NM*
Larry C. -- 2/12/2003, 8:14 pm
Not me!
Brian Nystrom -- 2/13/2003, 12:44 pm
Re: Not me!
Larry C. -- 2/13/2003, 6:27 pm
Re: Not me!
Brian Nystrom -- 2/14/2003, 12:00 pm
Re: Not me!
Shawn Baker -- 2/13/2003, 2:11 pm
Foam vs Schade Foot Rest
grant -- 2/13/2003, 4:14 pm
Re: Foam vs Schade Foot Rest
Bill Price -- 2/14/2003, 2:44 pm
Re: Foam vs Schade Foot Rest ~ foot room
Jim Kozel -- 2/14/2003, 3:00 pm
Re: Foam vs Schade Foot Rest ~ foot room
Ted Henry -- 2/14/2003, 5:33 pm
Re: Foam vs Schade Foot Rest
Brian Nystrom -- 2/13/2003, 5:37 pm
Re: Foam vs Schade Foot Rest
Shawn Baker -- 2/13/2003, 5:09 pm
Re: Foam vs Schade Foot Rest
grant -- 2/13/2003, 6:01 pm
Agreed
Brian Nystrom -- 2/13/2003, 2:39 pm
Re: Agreed
Roger Nuffer -- 2/13/2003, 8:22 pm
Re: Strip: Weight of footbraces & other parts
LeeG -- 2/12/2003, 2:57 pm
Re: Strip: Weight of footbraces & other parts
srchr/gerald -- 2/12/2003, 11:17 am
Re: Strip: Weight of footbraces & other parts
John Caldeira -- 2/12/2003, 1:40 pm
There you go...
srchr/gerald -- 2/12/2003, 5:41 pm
Re: There you go...
Mike and Rikki -- 2/12/2003, 10:43 pm