Date: 7/30/1998, 11:35 pm
> I read every message in this thread and here are my two cents worth: I built a Chesapeake 17 last summer and have really enjoyed the boat ever since. Mine came out at just under 40 pounds after a very conciencious effort to save weight. I have glass on the outside, and inside the cockpit (I am building a Cesapeak 16 light for my wife and will leave out the inside glass as I do not think it necessary) I was very carefull with all fillets and fill coats(3) to make sure I only used what was necessary. I did not do the endpours. Instead I used fibreglass tape in the bow (not the easiest method, but much lighter). I only used one layer of tape on the inside seams. In the end I had about half of the kit epoxy left over. The boat is finished bright, with adjustable fottrests, without a rudder, and with all the normal deck rigging. I do believe it pays to squeegee out all excess resin out of the tapes and outside glass and then carefully fill the weave. I hope the ch.16 light will still be a few pounds lighter. This time I will back out the deckbeam screws, etc. prior to glassing. I let you know where it weighs in.
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- My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
jim wightman -- 7/29/1998, 1:55 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Azteca -- 8/4/1998, 10:33 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
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jim wightman -- 8/3/1998, 12:48 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mark Bodnar -- 8/2/1998, 8:36 pm
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Mark Bodnar -- 8/1/1998, 8:22 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mike Scarborough -- 7/30/1998, 8:57 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
L.C. -- 7/30/1998, 6:08 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Martin Foil -- 7/31/1998, 3:25 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
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Brian -- 7/30/1998, 10:56 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
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J. Dolmage -- 8/2/1998, 12:04 am
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Drew Lebauer -- 7/30/1998, 9:13 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mike Scarborough -- 7/30/1998, 9:34 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Brad Heinauer -- 7/30/1998, 10:55 am
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Rick C. -- 7/30/1998, 1:18 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mark Bodnar -- 7/29/1998, 7:57 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Dean Taylor -- 7/30/1998, 12:37 pm
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Nick Schade -- 7/29/1998, 4:17 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
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!!
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/30/1998, 5:09 pm
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/29/1998, 2:53 pm - Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
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NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 10:01 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
Mark Kanzler -- 7/29/1998, 1:01 pm- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 3:06 pm
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Martin Foil -- 7/29/1998, 8:40 am- Re: My Chesapeake 17 weighs 56 pounds!!
jim wightman -- 7/29/1998, 11:10 am
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