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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
By:Mike Savage
Date: 11/2/2011, 11:53 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass (Bill Hamm)

: Actually the most extreme white water kayaks, squirt boats, are
: made of glass.

: Bill H.

A lot of them are carbon/kevlar. A friend of mine has one. They need a modicum of babying. It's for play but doesn't bounce off rocks.
Anyone I know running rivers tend to use plastic.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Oh yeah, many of the glass river kayaks were competition bases. How many seasons use was required of them? ;)

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Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 10/30/2011, 12:34 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Mike Savage -- 10/30/2011, 5:03 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 10/30/2011, 5:07 pm
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Robert W. -- 10/30/2011, 5:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/31/2011, 1:47 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:23 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/1/2011, 3:40 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:22 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:56 pm
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Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:04 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 10:11 pm
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Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:17 pm
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Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:19 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/2/2011, 12:15 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:25 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/1/2011, 2:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:06 pm
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StephenHJ -- 11/1/2011, 5:18 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 10:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:48 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/2/2011, 11:53 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 10:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:53 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/2/2011, 12:09 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/2/2011, 12:52 pm
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Mike Savage -- 11/2/2011, 2:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass *PIC*
Clayton Plunkett -- 10/31/2011, 10:17 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:26 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 11/1/2011, 11:59 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2011, 1:58 am
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Matthew Bastian -- 10/31/2011, 3:57 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/31/2011, 4:50 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 11:29 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/1/2011, 3:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:28 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:44 pm
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Roy Martin -- 11/1/2011, 10:28 pm
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Jim Kretz -- 11/1/2011, 11:33 am
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greg h -- 11/1/2011, 1:21 pm
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Bob Beaullieu -- 11/1/2011, 3:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2011, 4:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Seamless Fiberglass
Bryan Hansel -- 11/1/2011, 9:47 pm