Mike,

Thanks - I appreciate your comments, and will correct the spelling errors. My apologies to Nick for not catching my mistake with his name!

Hasta,
Sam

: Very nice work, and brings up some points to ponder. From my first read, my
: take on this is that there's some further work needed to understand the
: failure mode in the the "plywood" section. I can't wait for the
: revisions!

: I noticed some mispellings and grammatical errors which I hopefully present
: to you clearly.

: In the "plywood" section, the sentence near the top: "Table I
: contains data for samples made with 4 mm Okoume plywood and five different
: styles of glass that are of interest to kayak builders. All samples were
: made with Raka 127 epoxy AND 606 hardener."

: The "and" should be "with" or perhaps "with
: Raka" As an example: Table I contains data for samples made with 4 mm
: Okoume plywood and five different styles of glass that are of interest to
: kayak builders. All samples were made with Raka 127 epoxy WITH Raka 606
: hardener.

: At the bottom of that page in the caption for Figure 5: "Figure 5.
: Tested samples of 4 mm Okoume with 5 oz Raka E-glass and 6 oz 8-HS
: S-glass. The impact side of the samples is shown in (a) and the underside
: of the samples is shown in (b). In each image the 5 oz is on the left and
: the 6 oz is on the right. (note: the 6 oz sample in (b) is [labled]
: incorrectly - it should read 1 x 8-HS)"

: In the note, the word "labeled" is misspelled (I put it in
: brackets).

: In the "Strip layup" page there's a misspelling near the top.
: Following is the sentence and heading: "Nick Shade's samples"

: Look like your spell-checker went and switched "Schade's" to
: "Shade's" Following the heading is this: "Nick had some
: northern white cedar (NWC) samples left over from the three-point bend
: work we had done a few years ago, and he sent them out for testing with
: the drop tower. Table III is a summary of the [samles], and the Figure 7
: is a plot of the energy to maximum load."

: The word "samples" is misspelled. I put the word in brackets to
: ease seeing it.

: In the caption for Figure 9 at the bottom of the page: "Figure 9. Sample
: of northern white cedar. The images in the right-hand side of the figure
: show the [back sides] of the samples. Note the angle of failure in the
: lower left image showing the AeroFab side of sample B1."

: May I suggest using the word "reverse side" instead of "back
: sides"

: Please forgive my nit-picking, but I notice such things. This is a fine piece
: of work which serves equally fine as a reference work. I need to think
: about this some and add more comments if I may.

: Again, great work, and thanks very much for the presentation to us all. I
: always learn from you, and listen to your every thought and comment. This
: is like a Christmas present come early.