> The following is from an article in The Oregonian from April 7 titled
> "It's time to water-test new kayaks and canoes" It was on the
> web site, I suppose it was probably in the print version too.

> "Kevlar is a lightweight resin composite substance five times
> stronger than steel and 20 percent lighter than fiberglass."

> Is Kevlar really that strong?

> Chris lot's of tangents here chris,Kevlar is the fabric within the resin matrix,resulting in a lightweight composite of fabric and resin. the resin still weighs the same. I don't have the data on "stronger" but I suspect that "five times" is reference to one characteristic of tensile strength. A typical composite of kevlar/resin may be 20% lighter than fiberglass, the five times stronger than steel doesn't quite translate to comparing different composites