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Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside
By:Kirk Briggs
Date: 12/3/2011, 9:44 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber on the Inside (Etienne Muller)

: The only time I ever cracked a strip hull was when it blew off the
: car onto the concrete of the pier. 6oz glass inside and outside.
: I got a crack about Nine inches long on the bilge area in the
: middle of the boat exactly where it impacted. The crack went
: right through the outside layer of glass, but the wood was fine
: and I could find no damage at all on the inside glass layer
: which puzzled me at the time.

: I concluded that the timber probably absorbed and dissipated the
: shockwave through the hull saving itself and the inner layer?

: Et
There are many carbon-kevlar cloths on ebay. I think that is what I am going to use on the inside of my next build.

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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