: Propriety secrets. I could tell you but then I'd have to kill ya!
: ;)

: Seriously, I just used a sleeve from Soller. Talk to him about what
: you're planning and he'll set you up. I've had issues trying to
: use heat-shrink tubing so I vacuum-bagged it to the cedar core.
: I didn't realize that his colored sleeves are stiffer than the
: plain CF. It conformed to the blade but it wouldn't wrap tightly
: to the loom. It left some ridges on the loom which looked like
: crap so I filed the loom smooth and then laminated on the uni-CF
: (2" wide tape). The tape is there to pretty-up the
: transition from the uni to the pink.

Hi Dan,

I'm sure glad you're getting experience with Soller's sleeves, then when I get ready to do the ultra light SOF kayak I can call and pick your brain ;) I have no idea when that boat'll happen, it's not cheap. There are quite a few experiments waiting to learn how exactly to do this before I start playing with the very expensive CF/Kevlar sleeves. The experiments for the longitudinals are complete, so I know I can do this, it's a matter of learning how I exactly want to do the frames and the connections, have lots of untried ideas, sometimes they work, sometimes not, have to try it to find out.

Bill H.