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Re: Stripper weight.
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/18/2007, 3:17 pm
In Response To: Re: Stripper weight. (Tim)

: Thanks Jay , No not a fist timer , been paddling for several years on the
: East coast of Australia.
: I thought I would be coation the bulheads with glass any way but I f I don't
: have to because i'm using ply for these then I won't. Thats exactly the
: info I'm after.
: Weight is only a concern to me OFF the water. But if there is somewhere to
: save weight without loosing strength then I will. All these carbon
: coamings look great but with 9 or so layers of glass under them , whats
: the point other than looks.
: Thanks for your advice.
: Tim

CF coaming is what you make of it. On my recent Disko Bay it's alternate layers of glass/carbon, so it's not just pretty, it's also strong and light.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: ULTIMATE HULL LINING etc etc etc etc etc etc
Tim -- 10/17/2007, 4:03 am
Re: etc etc etc etc et
LeeG -- 10/18/2007, 4:42 pm
Re: Strip: ULTIMATE HULL LINING etc etc etc etc et
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2007, 1:17 am
The answer is 42 -- Doug Adams
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/18/2007, 12:34 am
Re: The answer is 42 -- Doug Adams
Tim -- 10/18/2007, 5:41 am
maybe mark that down to $41.95
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/18/2007, 2:55 pm
Re: Strip: ULTIMATE HULL LINING etc etc etc etc et
Carl H -- 10/17/2007, 6:24 pm
Re: Strip: ULTIMATE HULL LINING etc etc etc etc et
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/17/2007, 5:57 am
Stripper weight.
Jay Babina -- 10/17/2007, 8:58 am
Re: Stripper weight.
Tim -- 10/17/2007, 5:47 pm
Re: Stripper weight.
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2007, 3:17 pm
Re: Stripper weight.
Pedro Almeida -- 10/17/2007, 10:53 pm
Re: Stripper weight.
Jay Babina -- 10/18/2007, 7:37 am
Carbon coamings
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/17/2007, 6:16 pm
Re: Carbon coamings
clicksys -- 10/18/2007, 8:25 am
Re: Carbon coamings
Pedro Almeida -- 10/20/2007, 10:46 am
Re: Carbon coamings
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2007, 3:20 pm
Re: Carbon coamings
Ken Blanton -- 10/18/2007, 5:25 pm
Re: Carbon coamings
Bill Hamm -- 10/18/2007, 5:27 pm
Re: Carbon coamings
Ken Blanton -- 10/18/2007, 5:47 pm
Re: Carbon coamings
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/18/2007, 11:59 am
Re: Carbon coamings
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/18/2007, 1:53 pm
Carbon coaming covers
mike allen -- 10/18/2007, 2:39 pm
Crazy- colored coaming covers
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/18/2007, 3:01 pm
Laughing... 2 hard... 2 type!! *NM*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/18/2007, 2:43 pm
Re: Strip: ULTIMATE HULL LINING etc etc etc etc et
Tim -- 10/17/2007, 6:23 am