Check these boats out. If you are handy, and could build it
yourself, one of these designs might serve your purpose.
GEODESICAIROLITEBOATS.COM
I find them very attractive because I would prefer to do
the building if possible. Good luck.
Larry Johnson
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On dinsdag, maa 4, 2003, at 20:52 Europe/Amsterdam, Allan
Fish wrote:
> p.s.: I just looked up the Old Town website. They
apparently no
> longer make canoes out of Royalex,
what a shame...
> but use "Superlink 3" composition. The canoe I had, the
Discovery 164,
> is now 74 pounds instead of 59 pounds, but is much more
abrasion
> resistant.
polyethylene is strong, but heavy, and not nearly as
shape-fast as
royalex, even in the current high quality versions. It is
however
cheaper as raw material and cheaper to work (rotomolding
vs.
vacuum-shaping for royalex or mould-layups and resin-curing
for
fiber-based composites (glass, polyester, kevlar or
carbon)).
> And that is good. The hull of mine did scratch easily.
It never
> punctured, but it did get pretty ugly from being pulled
up on the
> shore, etc.
Royalex, i.e. the outer PVC shell, which apparently ONLY is
a UV
protectant for the ABS structural layers, is relatively
vulnerable to
scratching. WHile this may be cosmetically displeasing, it
is
structurally insignificant.
BTW, ever though of a Royalite boat, or even a Kevlar boat.
The best
Kevlar boats can be lifted singlehandedly (really) but
sadly are VERY
expensive.
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