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Material: Glass cloth decisions
By:Tony F
Date: 5/12/2008, 9:42 pm

I'm building Duane's 'Mini Benny' play boat and am really going to try and make it light as possible but also strong enough to take a pounding in the surf (no rocks to worry about around here). Would 4 oz glass outside and inside be strong enough? I'll tape the shear inside and out as well. I plan on using peelply for the layups to cut down on fill coasts - have used it on my previous S&G build (a 6oz glass kayak) but only on small jobs.

Tony