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Re: Other: concrete kayak
By:John Messinger
Date: 3/1/2012, 5:44 pm
In Response To: Other: concrete kayak (gilad naor)

: hi,
: i am in need of kayak dimensions and plans, in order to get started
: on designing my kayak.
: any other helpful info will be appreciated
: thanks
: gilad

I don't get it. Concrete/aggregate is heavy and weak in tensile strength. It requires steel or other fiberous material to give it tensile strength. Steel rusts at the water line and causes the concrete to explode apart at the waterline. There are so many better materials to choose from to make a boat.

It is not attractive, the only place we use concrete in our living spaces is garage floors and basements. Yet for the past 60+ years civil engineering programs have been giving students the busywork of making boats out of cement. Sigh.

Then there is the old joke about the four engineers discussing what kind of engineer God is...

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Other: concrete kayak
gilad naor -- 2/21/2012, 10:22 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/21/2012, 12:45 pm
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Matthias -- 2/22/2012, 2:25 am
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gilad naor -- 2/22/2012, 3:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/22/2012, 8:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2012, 2:31 am
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Mike Savage -- 2/26/2012, 11:19 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/26/2012, 12:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 2:41 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 2/28/2012, 4:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2012, 1:57 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 2/29/2012, 2:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2012, 1:59 am
Re: Other: concrete kayak *PIC*
Björn Thomasson -- 2/29/2012, 2:51 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/29/2012, 3:23 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 2/29/2012, 4:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2012, 1:51 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/7/2012, 6:10 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/7/2012, 8:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2012, 2:09 am
Re: concrete or newspaper kayaks
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/8/2012, 2:53 am
Re: concrete or newspaper kayaks
Jim Ham -- 3/9/2012, 12:13 am
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Ulrik Schou -- 3/9/2012, 1:31 am
Re: concrete or newspaper kayaks
Björn Thomasson -- 3/9/2012, 1:11 pm
Re: Other: concrete kayak
John Messinger -- 3/1/2012, 5:44 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/2/2012, 9:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2012, 2:01 am
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John Messinger -- 3/4/2012, 7:34 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/8/2012, 2:40 am
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Kevin McAtee -- 3/8/2012, 3:57 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/9/2012, 4:49 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 3/13/2012, 6:02 pm
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John Messinger -- 3/14/2012, 9:46 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 3/14/2012, 9:58 am
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Cole -- 3/9/2012, 9:21 am