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Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
By:Allan
Date: 5/21/2012, 1:02 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces (george jung)

: Lots of
: other 'tricks' - eliminate the internal stem, don't ever do an
: end-pour. In short, 'Less is more' are words to build by.

Nick has some fairly convincing information on his website debunking the notion that end pours add weight.

As for eliminating the internal stem, I am fairly sure that the extra glass and epoxy that would accumulate in the tight V inside the bow and stern would weigh more than the internal stems I use.

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Strip: Looking for Ounces
danperry -- 5/20/2012, 6:19 pm
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
lewisb -- 5/20/2012, 9:48 pm
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
george jung -- 5/20/2012, 9:56 pm
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces *PIC*
ancient kayaker -- 5/20/2012, 11:00 pm
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
danperry -- 5/20/2012, 11:16 pm
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
george jung -- 5/20/2012, 11:17 pm
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
ancient kayaker -- 5/21/2012, 9:18 am
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
Allan -- 5/21/2012, 1:02 am
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/21/2012, 9:56 am
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2012, 1:44 am
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
Bill Hamm -- 5/21/2012, 2:02 am
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/21/2012, 10:02 am
Re: Strip: Looking for Ounces
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2012, 1:46 am