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Lightweight End Pours
By:Bruce
Date: 5/20/2000, 9:37 pm

I am getting ready to do the end pours on my Coho. After spending alot of time trying to keep the weight down on my boat, the idea of pouring several ounces of resin in the bow and stern doesn't seem very efficient. Has anyone tried to lighten the end pours with microballoons, glass fiber, or another additive? Any comments, or am I getting obsessive?

I may be overly sensitive to the hull weight issue, but my experience in boating is that the easier the boat is to car-top and launch the more it will get used.

Messages In This Thread

Lightweight End Pours
Bruce -- 5/20/2000, 9:37 pm
Another Lightweight End Pour Approach
mike allen ---> -- 5/23/2000, 8:39 pm
Re: Lightweight End Pours
john -- 5/21/2000, 11:29 pm
Re: Lightweight End Pours *Pic*
Joe Greenley -- 5/21/2000, 7:19 pm
Re: Lightweight End Pours
Rehd -- 5/22/2000, 12:15 pm
Re: The Reason Why End Pours
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/22/2000, 12:44 pm
Re: End Pour Adhesion, > 72 hrs
Tim Stough -- 5/22/2000, 1:27 pm
Re: Sand before closing
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/23/2000, 9:26 am
Yes, what's an end pour?
Jay Babina -- 5/22/2000, 9:51 am
Re: Yes, what's an end pour?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/22/2000, 12:32 pm
Re: Lightweight End Pours
Tig and Tink -- 5/21/2000, 2:42 pm
Re: Lightweight End Pours
Nick Pinson -- 5/21/2000, 7:12 am
Re: Lightweight End Pours
Dean Trexel -- 5/20/2000, 11:21 pm