: Will end up I'd think with a very heavy kayak. Not that it can't be done,
: just won't be a light weight by any measure. Rosewood as I remember is
: really pretty but not terribly strong specially compared to it's weight.
: 1/8" strips I'd think would be pretty limber.

: Bill H.

Thanks for the input Bill, I think you are probably right with the 1/8th being too limber. The bootlegger has extra forms as Nick Schade built the first from 1/8" mahogany strips, which would help with sagging, but I think maybe 5/32" may be a bit better size, and get me to a not too heavy hull.

My calculations, with my dodgy math skills, have led me to figure that NG Rosewood is 62% heavier than WRC, so 5/32" should result in an only slightly heavier hull.

I do have a quite a bit of carbon cloth and foam core pre laminated with 400 uni glass lying around. and was wondering whether I should either glass is some carbon "stiffener" frames at certain intervals, or use some of the duflex core to reinforce certain areas.

With 5/32" strips, where is the likely weaknesses? Is the structure likely to distort? or is it more an issue of holding shape during stripping?