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Re: No cloth *PIC*
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 8/25/2012, 9:39 pm
In Response To: Re: No cloth (James)

: Is it absolutely necessary to fiberglass the entire interior of a
: full-stripper? For my next build, I plan to 'glass the exterior
: with 4 oz, with bow & stern reinforcements. Can I get away
: with just coating the interior with epoxy? If not, can I get
: away with 2 oz. cloth on the interior?

Although it is OK to omit glass on a ply boat IMHO it is not OK on a stripper. The strips need the cross-grain strength provided by the glass and glassing one side can result in unbalanced stresses if the wood expands or shrinks. Also from a structural point of view the inside glass is the more important as it helps to resist external forces such as a rock.

Having said that I am building this stripper without glass. However it has ribs, which provide the cross-grain strength of glass and also the stiffness that usually comes from two layers of glass separated by the thickness of the strips. I don't recommend building a stripper by that method BTW, it was just an experiment, but if you are interested my blog is at http://theancientkayaker.weebly.com/canoes-rose-lee.html

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S&G: Ultralight construction
Raymond -- 8/16/2012, 10:59 am
Re: S&G: Ultralight construction
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/16/2012, 11:51 am
No cloth
Jay Babina -- 8/16/2012, 3:48 pm
Ultralight
Raymond Pilot -- 8/17/2012, 2:26 pm
Re: Ultralight
ancient kayaker -- 8/17/2012, 6:17 pm
Re: Ultralight
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/19/2012, 4:11 pm
Re: No cloth
James -- 8/25/2012, 8:41 pm
Re: No cloth *PIC*
ancient kayaker -- 8/25/2012, 9:39 pm
Re: No cloth
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2012, 1:55 am
Re: No cloth *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 8/28/2012, 9:07 am
Re: No cloth
ancient kayaker -- 8/28/2012, 5:38 pm
Re: No cloth *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 8/29/2012, 9:07 am
Re: No cloth
ancient kayaker -- 8/29/2012, 9:44 am
Re: No cloth
Yostwerks -- 8/29/2012, 10:07 am
Re: No cloth
Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2012, 3:17 am
Re: No cloth
Yostwerks -- 8/29/2012, 9:21 am
Re: No cloth
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2012, 1:57 am
Re: S&G: Ultralight construction
Stephen Troy -- 8/16/2012, 11:54 am
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John Abercrombie -- 8/16/2012, 12:06 pm
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dave g -- 8/16/2012, 10:17 pm
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Greg H -- 8/16/2012, 1:32 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 8/16/2012, 2:09 pm
Re: S&G: Ultralight construction *PIC*
Bryan k -- 8/16/2012, 2:52 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 8/16/2012, 3:48 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/19/2012, 4:25 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 8/19/2012, 7:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:25 am
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ancient kayaker -- 8/20/2012, 2:59 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 8/20/2012, 8:55 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2012, 3:04 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/16/2012, 8:29 pm
S-O-F time!
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 8/16/2012, 3:58 pm
Re: S-O-F time!
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:28 am
Library :) *NM*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 8/20/2012, 7:25 am
3 new at $999 !
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:29 am
Re: S&G: Ultralight construction
ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2012, 4:19 pm
Re: S&G: Ultralight construction *PIC*
Marc Upchurch -- 8/16/2012, 6:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:30 am
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Allan -- 8/16/2012, 11:01 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 8/17/2012, 6:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2012, 2:21 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 8/22/2012, 5:09 am
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Yostwerks -- 8/28/2012, 9:31 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 8/28/2012, 6:15 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 8/28/2012, 6:18 pm
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Niven Paine -- 8/28/2012, 10:01 pm