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Re: S&G: Glassing opinions
By:Charlie
Date: 9/7/2013, 12:45 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Glassing opinions (Navin_R_Johnson)

CLC use to be Chesapeake Light Craft when Chris Kulczycki started it. It had many designs that were dropped for one reason or another. The Cape Charles (predicessor of the Chesapeake), the Yare (16' tortured ply ultralight) and the Pokomoke ( 18.5' tortured ply) are all long gone. At that time it was common to build and use most designs with only the glass tape on the seams. Glassing the bottom was seen as option and glassing the inside of the cockpit was unheard of by most of us. A good rule of thumb is glass your hull in relation to how hard you want to flog it. You don't need a battleship to go bird watching.
The obvious difference between the Cape Charles and the Chesapeake is the older hull is symetric the newer hull isn't.

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S&G: Glassing opinions
Navin_R_Johnson -- 8/31/2013, 9:31 pm
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Greg_H -- 8/31/2013, 11:28 pm
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Navin_R_Johnson -- 9/1/2013, 12:26 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/1/2013, 4:57 am
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Navin_R_Johnson -- 9/1/2013, 12:45 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/1/2013, 2:22 pm
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Navin_R_Johnson -- 9/1/2013, 3:08 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/1/2013, 4:02 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/1/2013, 7:21 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/1/2013, 7:56 pm
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Navin_R_Johnson -- 9/1/2013, 10:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2013, 12:28 am
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Charlie -- 9/7/2013, 12:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2013, 12:25 am
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bsoderholm -- 9/2/2013, 12:52 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/2/2013, 7:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2013, 12:16 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/3/2013, 8:16 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/2/2013, 5:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2013, 12:19 am
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Sam McFadden -- 9/3/2013, 2:57 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/3/2013, 9:14 pm