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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
By:T. Yost
Date: 7/16/2011, 9:44 am

: Looks nice Tom, you do have to be a bit careful with aluminum that
: thin, not real damage resistant.

No worries. I built 2 Baidarka's with .037 wall and in 10 years, and three owners,
there has been no damage. I've always worried much more about damage to my wood strippers
than to my aluminum or wood frame SOF's :)

Tom

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Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
vkonreg -- 7/14/2011, 9:07 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/14/2011, 11:03 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 7/14/2011, 11:50 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 7/14/2011, 11:56 pm
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T. Yost -- 7/15/2011, 8:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/16/2011, 1:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
T. Yost -- 7/16/2011, 9:44 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/18/2011, 10:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2011, 1:29 am
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T. Yost -- 7/19/2011, 9:16 am
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T. Yost -- 7/19/2011, 9:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2011, 4:13 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/19/2011, 6:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2011, 1:54 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/19/2011, 1:24 pm
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T. Yost -- 7/19/2011, 5:07 pm
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T. Yost -- 7/19/2011, 5:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/19/2011, 6:07 pm
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T. Yost -- 7/19/2011, 7:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/20/2011, 6:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
T. Yost -- 7/20/2011, 8:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/20/2011, 8:08 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Aluminum frame and nylon skin
T. Yost -- 7/20/2011, 8:48 am