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Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
By:LeeG
Date: 12/19/2004, 11:17 am
In Response To: Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass (JohnT)

JohnT, that's great. The very first CLCLT17 weighed 39lbs,,without deck glass endpours and hatches. I'm going from what I've seen in the variations of beginners boats and the weight of CLCs first demo LT18 built by a CLC employee. Not that it isn't possible to make one light as you have proven,,just that the opportunity to build a heavy Chesapeake is greater than other designs for a given level of durability,,,especially once you start glassing the bottom panel in the compartments or underside of the deck to have equivalent deck strength as a paneled s&g that has longitudinal joints.

Is your Ch17LT finished with 4oz deck glass, 3" tape, 6oz cockpit glass, and endpours filling up the gap left by the sheerclamps?

Messages In This Thread

S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Patrick, Kentucky -- 12/15/2004, 10:49 pm
64 lbs here w 5 mm ply, 6 oz glass both sides *LINK* *Pic*
Henk Aling -- 12/19/2004, 11:20 am
Re: 64 lbs here w 5 mm ply, 6 oz glass both sides
LeeG -- 12/19/2004, 12:12 pm
Re: Hurry now, pay later
pikabike -- 12/16/2004, 1:35 pm
So when you gonna build your next project, Pike?
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 2:04 pm
Re: You are a bad influence
pikabike -- 12/16/2004, 3:19 pm
Speaking of WRC 2x4's...
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 7:24 pm
Re: Speaking of WRC 2x4's...
Joe -- 12/17/2004, 1:21 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
CFronzek -- 12/16/2004, 12:23 pm
So THAAAAAT'S why it's called 6-oz glass
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 2:01 pm
45-lbs tops for a 16'er
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 10:13 am
Re: 45-lbs tops...Off Topic (slightly) for Robert
Gayle Rhodes -- 12/16/2004, 12:49 pm
Re: 45-lbs tops...Off Topic (slightly) for Robert
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 1:59 pm
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Joy -- 12/16/2004, 9:31 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Mike Scarborough -- 12/16/2004, 9:13 am
over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
LeeG -- 12/16/2004, 10:12 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
JohnT -- 12/19/2004, 8:58 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
LeeG -- 12/19/2004, 11:17 am
Re: over filleting,,,and excessive goop/glass
JohnT -- 12/19/2004, 6:26 pm
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
LeeG -- 12/16/2004, 1:59 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Randy Ricchi -- 12/16/2004, 8:30 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why?
Chris Ostlind -- 12/16/2004, 12:14 am
I think that was Chip, Chris, pas de moi
Robert N Pruden -- 12/16/2004, 10:15 am
Re: S&G: My kayak weighs a ton. Why? *Pic*
Lloyd E. Peterson -- 12/15/2004, 11:32 pm