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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin on frame kayak questions
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/28/2013, 12:52 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin on frame kayak questions (Charlie)

Well.....it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to add a glass skin to polyester (Dacron) nor does it add tons of weight. My first version which I used 6 ounce glass on and it's 19' long only weighs 34 lbs. and that's with over weight frames and a heavy laminated plywood coaming.

Now I use 3.2 ounce glass over a 3 ounce Dacron skin and it weighs generally about what the average nylon cover does. It does take more time since you have to cover the boat twice, but there is no sewing either.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: Skin on frame kayak questions
TylerVeinot -- 4/26/2013, 12:15 am
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Allan -- 4/26/2013, 3:14 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 4/26/2013, 7:11 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/26/2013, 7:50 am
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Jeff Buyer -- 4/26/2013, 8:27 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/26/2013, 9:24 am
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Greg H -- 4/26/2013, 11:33 am
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Charlie -- 4/26/2013, 11:35 am
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Tyler Veinot -- 4/26/2013, 2:33 pm
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Tony G -- 4/26/2013, 4:48 pm
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Tyler Veinot -- 5/9/2013, 8:05 am
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Jeff Horton -- 5/9/2013, 1:15 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/9/2013, 2:47 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/9/2013, 2:53 pm
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Jeff Buyer -- 5/11/2013, 6:31 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/11/2013, 8:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/12/2013, 2:06 am
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TylerVeinot -- 5/12/2013, 2:25 am
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Jeff Buyer -- 5/12/2013, 4:01 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 5/12/2013, 6:25 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/13/2013, 12:53 am
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Don -- 5/16/2013, 11:21 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/17/2013, 12:10 am
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Don -- 5/17/2013, 7:02 am
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TylerVeinot -- 5/17/2013, 9:09 am
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Jeff Horton -- 5/17/2013, 1:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2013, 12:52 am
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Tony G -- 4/26/2013, 9:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2013, 12:56 am
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clark tuttle -- 4/29/2013, 8:57 am
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Tony G -- 4/29/2013, 6:06 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 5/10/2013, 10:19 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 5/10/2013, 10:20 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 5/17/2013, 7:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/2/2013, 10:08 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/29/2013, 4:58 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/29/2013, 5:37 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/30/2013, 8:51 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/29/2013, 9:54 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/29/2013, 10:20 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/29/2013, 11:18 pm
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clark tuttle -- 4/30/2013, 9:15 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/30/2013, 9:19 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/1/2013, 1:25 pm