I agree on the Walker Bay boats. Something
about them makes be cringe.

So you don't think your's will be tippy? It is
light, even if wide and with a flat bottom I'd
think it would still be tippy.

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Again, this has wandered far from the original subject, please excuse
the title switch.


I was thinking of using a mix of Kevlar and carbon fiber on the dinghy,
but have decided to go with just CF.


Bart Senior wrote:
What do you think it will weigh we completed?


The bare hull should (if my math is right) weight around 12 pounds.
That's without vacuum bagging, which I may experiment with but it looks
like too much of a PITA to save only 2 ~ 3 lbs max. Adding seats, gun'l,
etc etc will probably bring it up to 25 ~ 30 lbs.

This is for a 9' Whitehall style boat, so I'm won't be disappointed if
it comes out at the high end of this range, that's still less than half
what a Walker Bay 8 is (and IMHO they are tippy, ugly, junk... hey at
least they're inexpensive).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King