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Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/6/2012, 1:13 am

: Thanks Bill, I see the point..I'm actually toying with a few ideas,
: partially inspired by another Dane, who has built a few a what
: he calls GSOF's

: One of them was to epoxy a 4" strip of fiberglass lenghtwise
: on the outside of each bottom stringer before covering with the
: dacron, then using the strips to lock squares of glass in place,
: essentially crating a sandwich hull, with the dacron as
: "ham"... but maybe not..

: Ulrik

Pretty easy to end up with a very heavy SOF, which really bothers me on a boat that can be very light. Light is nice.

In the end it is still a SOF, needs a bit more care in use than say a poly boat, but you end up with a really light weight kayak that has it's own advantages.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 2/27/2012, 7:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 1:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 1:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 2/28/2012, 2:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Gelu Botezan -- 2/28/2012, 12:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 4:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 2/29/2012, 2:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 3/2/2012, 1:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2012, 1:54 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2012, 2:11 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 3/5/2012, 5:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2012, 1:13 am