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Strip: 3.2oz glass on Night Heron
By:Brad Shook
Date: 7/17/2013, 10:14 am

Ok, I'm letting self doubt creep in a little bit...

I'm building a Night Heron full stripper and talked myself out of (2) layers of 3.2oz glass on the hull opting instead for (1). Its only a day paddling boat near sand beaches.

I've already got 1 fill coat on the (1) layer of 3.2 oz satin weave. I did reinforce the stems with another layer of 3.2oz.

My question is: will it be strong enough for a day paddle/play boat? and could I use 4 oz. S-glass on the inside to compensate for the lost strength on the outside?

My building partner and I have been over this subject many times and he likes the idea of (2) layers of 3.2...just wanted to mention that so his "voice" has been heard.

Also, I did a search and read through:

http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/archive.pl/bid/12/md/read/id/55641/sbj/material-applying-a-lightweight-layup/

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Strip: 3.2oz glass on Night Heron
Brad Shook -- 7/17/2013, 10:14 am
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seanmcgrath -- 7/17/2013, 12:00 pm
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Brad Shook -- 7/20/2013, 10:36 pm
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Allan -- 7/21/2013, 12:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2013, 2:03 am
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scottbaxter -- 7/17/2013, 2:23 pm
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Paul Davies -- 7/17/2013, 2:48 pm
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Brad Shook -- 7/17/2013, 10:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/18/2013, 1:16 am
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Brad Shook -- 7/18/2013, 10:24 am
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Jay Babina -- 7/19/2013, 7:43 am
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Brad Shook -- 7/20/2013, 7:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2013, 2:05 am
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Brad Shook -- 7/21/2013, 8:59 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 7/18/2013, 10:40 am
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SCOTT FITZGERRELL -- 7/18/2013, 3:23 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/19/2013, 7:55 am