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Re: Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder
By:Reg Lake
Date: 10/6/2008, 1:11 am
In Response To: Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder (John Faas)

: I wonder what the going rate is for the plastic for a Yost folding boat is
: these days. I live on the north end of the LA (Santa Clarita) I check at a
: plastic supply house and the told me it would be $300.00 for a 4 x 8
: sheet, had to buy the whole sheet. He was helpful, said he thought it
: would be about the same at a big box store. He also indicated there was a
: special formulation for exposure to water and salt water that he highly
: recommended, same price and more or less the same stuff.

: anyone got half a sheet to sell?
: Meanwhile I am slowly making progress on my S&G, would be faster if I would
: just go ahead and make the mistakes and then ask for help to fix it.
: Perfectionism really slows the build.
: thanks, John

That price and description sounds like "King Starboard" which is stable and very nice to machine. I think it would be overkill for your needs.

I have been machining skeg fins out of it. 2'x 4' x 1/2" runs about $80.-$90.

Reg

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder
John Faas -- 10/5/2008, 10:20 pm
Re: Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder *LINK*
Aaron H -- 10/6/2008, 10:54 am
Re: Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder
joan roco -- 10/6/2008, 4:46 pm
Re: Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder
Paul Montgomery -- 10/6/2008, 9:06 am
Re: Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder
Reg Lake -- 10/6/2008, 1:11 am
Re: Seeking: Plastic for a Yost folder
Dave Gentry -- 10/5/2008, 11:24 pm