what a great method for figuring out the hull surface area....thank u!

: Premapro is the only North American distributor for Coelan. It's
: pretty expensive, but it is very durable. There is a lot of info
: on the Qajaq USA site about how much people actually use, and
: that may be the best gauge. Tony Nuskin at Premapro can give you
: accurate information for coverage per unit of area (foot, meter,
: yard, whatever), but it's really hard to calculate the surface
: of something complex like a boat. If you know the weight of your
: fabric, though, you can calculate your hull's area. Weigh your
: fabric before you skin your boat, and then weigh what you cut
: off and don't use. This will give you the weight of the fabric
: you used, and you can then find the surface area of the hull by
: using the weight of the fabric per unit of area. If you used 8
: oz (per square yard) fabric, and you ended up using 24 oz of
: fabric on your hull, you know you used 3 square yards of fabric,
: and your hull has a surface of 3 square yards.

: It seems silly to do all of that work, but Coelan is expensive and
: doesn't keep very well once you open the can, so you want to be
: as accurate as possible.

: m