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Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 10/23/2014, 8:20 am
In Response To: Strip: Glass and CF question (Triad)

The primary benefit of carbon fiber in an open layup is aesthetic. It looks cool.

Carbon fiber will be heavier than the same fabric weight of glass, and even glass is stronger than we typically need for our purposes.

It is more efficient use of the expensive cloth to unroll across the boat. With a 1" overlap it is highly doubtful that you will every break the boat due to weakness resulting from the seam. Of course, the seams may not look nice.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Glass and CF question
Triad -- 10/22/2014, 10:27 am
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
Triad -- 10/22/2014, 11:25 am
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
John Messinger -- 10/22/2014, 11:32 am
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
John Messinger -- 10/22/2014, 11:29 am
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2014, 2:53 pm
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
yoshi -- 10/22/2014, 3:38 pm
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
Marc Upchurch -- 10/22/2014, 7:33 pm
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
yoshi -- 10/22/2014, 10:24 pm
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
Marc Upchurch -- 10/23/2014, 7:27 am
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/23/2014, 8:20 am
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
daveg -- 10/23/2014, 9:05 am
Re: Strip: Glass and CF question
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2014, 2:47 pm