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Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
By:Don Hummels
Date: 7/30/1998, 12:20 am
In Response To: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!! (jim wightman)

One more datapoint for my CLC-17...

I weighed my kayak using the same proceedure that you did...

Before finish, deck rigging: 45 lbs After finish, deck rigging, seat, rudder install: ~50 lbs

CLC predict 44 lbs for the CLC-17

This was my first boat, and first experience with epoxy, so I'm no artist. I think I could have done a much cleaner job and saved some weight with the inside of the hull in particular.

Your 56 lbs sounds high to me... Do you trust your scale? In any case... get that paint down on that boat and get out there, man!

-Don

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My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
jim wightman -- 7/29/1998, 1:55 am
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Azteca -- 8/4/1998, 10:33 pm
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Robert -- 8/4/1998, 5:28 pm
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Frank -- 8/4/1998, 12:40 am
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jim wightman -- 8/3/1998, 12:48 am
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Mark Bodnar -- 8/2/1998, 8:36 pm
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Mark Bodnar -- 8/1/1998, 8:22 pm
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Mike Scarborough -- 7/30/1998, 8:57 am
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L.C. -- 7/30/1998, 6:08 pm
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Martin Foil -- 7/31/1998, 3:25 pm
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L.C. -- 7/31/1998, 7:50 pm
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Brian -- 7/30/1998, 10:56 pm
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Jan Brandt -- 7/30/1998, 11:35 pm
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J. Dolmage -- 8/2/1998, 12:04 am
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Drew Lebauer -- 7/30/1998, 9:13 am
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Mike Scarborough -- 7/30/1998, 9:34 am
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Brad Heinauer -- 7/30/1998, 10:55 am
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Rick C. -- 7/30/1998, 1:18 am
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Mark Bodnar -- 7/29/1998, 7:57 pm
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Dean Taylor -- 7/30/1998, 12:37 pm
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Nick Schade -- 7/29/1998, 4:17 pm
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Stefano Moretti -- 8/1/1998, 7:17 pm
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Don Hummels -- 7/30/1998, 12:20 am
My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mike R -- 7/30/1998, 5:02 pm
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/30/1998, 5:09 pm
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/29/1998, 2:53 pm
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NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 10:01 am
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/29/1998, 1:01 pm
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NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 3:06 pm
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Martin Foil -- 7/29/1998, 8:40 am
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jim wightman -- 7/29/1998, 11:10 am