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Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
By:ScottBaxter
Date: 11/30/2011, 7:22 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside (Bryan Hansel)

: It did make the hull extremely stiff. I did it mainly for the
: looks. It really did blow up. I wonder if combining it with a
: layer of glass would help. I remember that Bell Canoe used to
: combine Carbon and Kevlar.
Bryan,
I really like this lay up from Stellar kayak but it requires more than a shop in the backyard to do it.

http://www.stellarkayaksusa.com/templets/content/pict/br2.jpg

This is their lightest and stiffest lay up, they actually put the glass and kevlar between the carbon layers.
http://www.stellarkayaksusa.com/usa/construction_kayaks.html

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Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
Bryan Hansel -- 11/30/2011, 9:57 am
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Charlie -- 11/30/2011, 10:51 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/30/2011, 1:23 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/30/2011, 3:37 pm
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StephenHJ -- 11/30/2011, 1:37 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/30/2011, 3:38 pm
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ScottBaxter -- 11/30/2011, 7:22 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 11/30/2011, 11:22 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/1/2011, 1:59 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 12/1/2011, 6:30 am
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Mike Savage -- 12/1/2011, 1:57 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/1/2011, 2:03 pm
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Allan -- 12/1/2011, 4:51 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/1/2011, 5:28 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/1/2011, 6:55 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/2/2011, 3:21 am
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Kirk Briggs -- 12/3/2011, 9:44 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/9/2011, 2:30 pm