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Re: Skin-on-Frame: sof fiberglass/dacron coaming
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 3/19/2014, 7:54 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: sof fiberglass/dacron coaming (Bill Hamm)

Like I said, I've done it both ways. Any increase from not pre-coating was negligible.

For instance, the Nansen kayak was overbuilt with no goal of low weight. I wanted it to be rugged for whomever won the rafffle, It's a multi-chined design (14' long, 24" wide and 14" tall) and built with some relatively heavy western red cedar I had left over. The 1/2" ACX plywood bulkheads were oversized for strength. For quickness it was built using stainless deck screws. The hull was Vectracloth, which is notorious for sucking up resin. The deck is 3.2 oz fiberglass. I put it on the scale after painting and rigging.

Total weight: 30 lbs

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Skin-on-Frame: sof fiberglass/dacron coaming
Thomas Duncan -- 8/14/2011, 10:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sof fiberglass/dacron coaming *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/15/2011, 5:29 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/15/2011, 5:33 am
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Jeff Horton -- 8/15/2011, 7:54 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/15/2011, 4:22 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2011, 7:24 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 8/15/2011, 10:24 am
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Brooks Cone -- 3/16/2014, 4:28 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/16/2014, 4:49 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/16/2014, 4:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/17/2014, 1:24 am
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Brooks Cone -- 3/17/2014, 8:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/17/2014, 7:10 pm
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Brooks Cone -- 3/17/2014, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/18/2014, 12:48 am
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Brooks Cone -- 3/18/2014, 9:19 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/18/2014, 11:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2014, 12:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2014, 12:46 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/20/2014, 1:05 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/17/2014, 9:15 am
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Brooks Cone -- 3/18/2014, 9:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sof fiberglass/dacron coaming *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/18/2014, 10:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2014, 12:52 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/19/2014, 7:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2014, 12:29 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/20/2014, 8:00 am
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Rick Eliot -- 10/12/2015, 3:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/12/2015, 7:18 pm
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Rick Eliot -- 10/12/2015, 9:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2015, 2:56 am
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Rick Eliot -- 10/13/2015, 10:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2015, 10:34 am
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Rick Eliot -- 10/13/2015, 11:02 am
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dave koslow -- 10/13/2015, 11:47 am
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Rick Eliot -- 10/13/2015, 11:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2015, 3:55 pm
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Rick Eliot -- 10/13/2015, 4:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2015, 9:37 pm
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Rick Eliot -- 10/21/2015, 11:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2015, 3:07 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 10/13/2015, 8:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2015, 8:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2015, 9:00 am
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Rick Eliot -- 10/13/2015, 10:57 am
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Ken Blanton -- 10/13/2015, 6:25 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/13/2015, 6:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2015, 9:38 pm
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Rick Eliot -- 10/14/2015, 12:01 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/14/2015, 6:49 am
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Rick Eliot -- 10/14/2015, 10:06 am
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woodman -- 10/21/2015, 10:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2015, 3:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/14/2015, 9:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/15/2011, 9:11 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 8/15/2011, 10:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/15/2011, 10:37 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 8/15/2011, 11:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/15/2011, 2:56 pm
Thank you Bill! *NM*
Thomas Duncan -- 8/15/2011, 3:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/15/2011, 2:57 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/16/2011, 8:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2011, 12:53 pm