Al D wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:05:17 -0400, Steve Cramer
wrote:

I tried to find some info because I've never heard of the stuff. All the
sites Google pulled up were in the UK, and buying a plastic canoe from a
dealer in the UK if you live in the US can't be clever.

I'm in the UK...

Oh, sorry, my mistake. I know this is an international newsgroup and
all, but somewhere in your original posts I got the idea you were in New
York, Long Island maybe. Looking back, I see you once actually said
"I'll be canoeing along the South Coast of England." Duh. I really can
read. Really.

So anyhow, you'll be in the position to tell USAns what this Corelite
stuff is, as soon as you find out, 'cause I don't think there's any of
it over here. Or at least Google doesn't seem to know about it.

Although...and this will show how old I am, Hydra used to sell kayaks
made of a foam core polyethylene back in the 80's and early 90's. They
called it HardHull.

There are other foam core plastics produced right here in the USofA (see
Old Town Discovery series) and they seem to have the same
characteristics: durable, not very expensive, on the heavy side.
Corelite seems to be a polyethylene (kayaks are made of high density
polyethelene), which is tough stuff.

Yes, the outer skin reminded me of polyethelene (rather than ABS,
which I think is harder).

Steve

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Steve Cramer
Athens, GA