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Re: Material: Interior fiberglass
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/22/2017, 3:05 am
In Response To: Material: Interior fiberglass (Tim Henshaw)

The strength of a stripper kayak is in the glass, the wood just makes the laminate stiffer (mostly), and one or two layers of glass by itself isn't strong enough. As everyone else said, you need the glass on both sides.

Bill H.

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Material: Interior fiberglass
Tim Henshaw -- 6/21/2017, 6:11 am
Re: Material: Interior fiberglass
JayBabina -- 6/21/2017, 6:41 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/21/2017, 8:04 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/21/2017, 11:36 am
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Erik Jensen -- 6/21/2017, 8:19 pm
Re: Material: Interior fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 6/22/2017, 3:05 am