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Re: Strip: First strip idea
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 4/22/2013, 4:17 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: First strip idea (Matt Jakubek)

I'm sorry but I really can't get my head around the imperial system.
My target weight for the night heron is somewhere between 13-15 Kg (29-33#but I'll have a lower target weight for the sea racer by Björn Thomasson that I will be building after this one (around 1226.5#).
I cut my strips to 4.5mm 3/16"thickness throughout, width is 20mmabout 3/4". Depending on flex I might add some more in the cockpit.
I am using 160g/sqm 4.7 oz cloth throughout, carbon/kevlar on the hull, glass on the deck and probably carbon inside.

The internet is our friend! Units are crazy - I particularly 'enjoy' the web pages that mix Imperial and metric units. I've even seen combos like g/sq ft in some places.

I agree that your cloth choices are probably overkill, but should be a very stiff boat! I've found that the weights for carbon fabric are a bit tricky- it's less dense than glass, so for a given nominal 'weight', CF is quite a bit thicker and will absorb more resin. So your vacuum bag idea will help control that.

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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 11:57 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 12:58 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 1:23 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 1:14 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 1:32 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 4:17 pm
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Robert l -- 4/23/2013, 10:25 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 11:06 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 12:43 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 1:16 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 2:35 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 11:25 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:22 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 12:27 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:29 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:40 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:19 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/24/2013, 10:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2013, 1:16 am
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Justin -- 4/30/2013, 3:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:17 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 12:24 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:22 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 12:49 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 1:07 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 2:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:25 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/22/2013, 2:11 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 2:35 pm
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Paul Davies -- 4/22/2013, 2:44 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 4:21 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 4:38 pm
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Robert l -- 4/22/2013, 3:33 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/22/2013, 10:58 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 11:09 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/23/2013, 8:14 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 11:52 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 11:54 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:38 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/24/2013, 9:08 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/24/2013, 12:05 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/24/2013, 1:26 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/24/2013, 1:36 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 5/27/2013, 11:47 am