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Re: Material: sandwich core material
By:Carl Delo
Date: 1/29/2008, 10:34 am
In Response To: Re: Material: sandwich core material (Charlie)

OK, I agree with your points on the material properties of foam, but it's not logical to conclude that there is no point to using foam in a boat under 25' long. If I decide that penetration is not a big problem, then I can get a much lighter hull with foam - granted that it will be more delicate. It's also useful for prototyping quickly, has uniform bending properties, etc. To make a blanket statement that foam is no good for kayaks is, I think, incorrect. Hey, if I make a foam kayak and after a while it suffers some penetrations, I can always add extra layers of glass or even bulkheads as needed to beef it up, right? Then the additional weight is only added where it is actually needed.

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Material: sandwich core material
dave -- 1/25/2008, 5:06 pm
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Dave Houser -- 1/28/2008, 7:23 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/27/2008, 12:30 pm
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Acors -- 1/27/2008, 10:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2008, 1:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2008, 1:34 am
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Chris Ostlind -- 1/26/2008, 12:27 pm
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Carl Delo -- 1/28/2008, 3:52 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 1/29/2008, 5:48 pm
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Carl Delo -- 1/30/2008, 2:24 pm
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dave -- 1/29/2008, 8:12 pm
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Charlie -- 1/28/2008, 6:32 pm
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Carl Delo -- 1/29/2008, 10:34 am
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Charlie -- 1/29/2008, 1:01 pm
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Carl Delo -- 1/29/2008, 1:33 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/29/2008, 3:49 pm
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Carl Delo -- 1/30/2008, 1:57 pm
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Aaron H -- 1/29/2008, 4:23 pm
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Niven -- 1/26/2008, 3:04 am
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Reg Lake -- 1/26/2008, 12:56 am
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Charlie -- 1/25/2008, 11:54 pm
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dave -- 1/25/2008, 5:26 pm
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dave. -- 1/26/2008, 5:58 pm
DAVE! Step away from the glue. *NM*
Reg Lake -- 1/26/2008, 8:06 pm
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dave. -- 1/26/2008, 6:04 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/25/2008, 7:44 pm