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Material: Light weight layup
By:Toby
Date: 11/14/2010, 9:11 pm

I saw this on another website and wondered what you guys think about it. I am in the process of building a Merlin canoe right now (a light weight version I hope!) and will be fiber glassing it in the next few weeks.

Quote:
two layers of 3.1oz (or 3.4oz...depends on where you get it) satin weave is stronger than a single layer of 6oz. And, 2 layers of 3.4oz is only about 2/3 of the thickness of 6oz after epoxy. This will save an easy 30% of the epoxy weight and will let you produce a sounder boat, overall. The trade off, yes, there is always a trade off, is that you will be doing more work with the boat. 3.4oz glass is more difficult to lay(compound curves are a LOT of fun!) You will be doing more hand sanding to remove "nubs" between two layers. The difference between a 28 pound estimate) boat and a 21 pound boat is worth it, IMO.

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Material: Light weight layup
Toby -- 11/14/2010, 9:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:40 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/15/2010, 9:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:41 am
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Mike Bielski -- 11/15/2010, 10:58 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 11/15/2010, 5:37 pm
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george jung -- 11/17/2010, 5:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:54 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/15/2010, 7:48 pm
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Toby -- 11/15/2010, 9:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:20 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/15/2010, 1:04 pm
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mark j -- 11/16/2010, 12:53 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/17/2010, 9:14 am
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Toby -- 11/16/2010, 11:18 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/16/2010, 11:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/16/2010, 12:10 pm
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Toby -- 11/16/2010, 12:10 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/17/2010, 9:04 am
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Toby -- 11/17/2010, 11:59 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/17/2010, 12:37 pm
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Toby -- 11/17/2010, 3:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 2:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:42 am