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Re: Seeking: Question: How much does your kayak we
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 10/5/2007, 10:56 pm
In Response To: Seeking: Question: How much does your kayak weight? (Robert N Pruden)

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? :D

How thick of strips on the stripper, how much glass and epoxy, is it made of cedar, or walnut? Same goes for the s&g, thickness?, glass?, meranti or okumme?

Personnaly, for light weight I'd go for skin on frame. My 17.5' s-o-f, that you were in when you were capsized by that rogue wave at R2K, weighs 24 pounds, and could have been built lighter.

: Some guy at the CLC site asked which kayak is lighter: S&G or a stripper? I
: suggested to him that I would stop over and ask y'all 'cuz his question
: got me wondering, too! Now I know that construction methodolgy/materials
: affects weight considerably, so you don't have to get into that
: explanation. Then again, if you did, it would probably answer questions
: rolling around in the heads of the lurkers and those too shy to ask. Just
: in case you didn't notice: I'm not all that shy so you don't have to
: answer for me. ;)

: Robert N Pruden

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Seeking: Question: How much does your kayak weight?
Robert N Pruden -- 10/5/2007, 7:29 pm
Honey, does this dress make my butt look fat? *NM*
William Cruz -- 10/9/2007, 1:46 pm
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John Monroe -- 10/8/2007, 3:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2007, 2:46 am
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Stephen P -- 10/7/2007, 11:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2007, 5:09 am
So... what?
HenkA -- 10/7/2007, 11:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2007, 5:07 am
Re: So... what?
HenkA -- 10/8/2007, 11:56 pm
Re: So... what?
Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2007, 2:45 am
How much does your kayak weigh? *Pic*
Jay Babina -- 10/7/2007, 9:32 am
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Kyle H. -- 10/7/2007, 9:09 pm
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John Van Buren -- 10/7/2007, 9:23 am
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Bob Kayes -- 10/6/2007, 8:24 pm
With or without the Guinness in the hatch?
Ken Sutheland -- 10/6/2007, 4:01 pm
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Andrew Sommer -- 10/6/2007, 3:14 pm
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John Eberly -- 10/6/2007, 11:30 am
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ChuckS -- 10/6/2007, 10:27 am
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Scott Baxter -- 10/6/2007, 10:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2007, 1:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2007, 9:02 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/6/2007, 9:01 am
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Daren -- 10/6/2007, 8:23 am
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Oliver Bloch -- 10/6/2007, 7:45 am
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Mike Hanks -- 10/5/2007, 10:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2007, 9:03 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/5/2007, 11:03 pm
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daryl -- 10/5/2007, 9:14 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 10/5/2007, 8:57 pm