On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:01:17 -0400, "Alastair D."
wrote:

I'm looking at canoes made in the UK from a material called Corelite.
I'm having trouble finding information on the material except that it
is some kind of foam sandwiched between an inner and outer skin of
some kind of plastic.

I am not a trademark specialist but a trademark search showed that there
were 4 companies that had applied for the Corelite TM and all cases have
been abandoned in the US. There were no applications in the UK and none
here in Canada. Corelite is also a name used in fluorescent lighting
applications but clearly that falls well outside the domain of boat hulls.

One applicant in the US was a company called Divinycell International,
Inc which doesn't seem to exist anymore but a company called Diabgroup
(www.diabgroup.com) has a product called Divinycell. Diabgroup makes
core materials for boats with composite structure ranging from
superyachts, through coast guard rescue boats to military attack boats.

Wenonah Canoes apparently uses composite material from Diabgroup in the
manufacture of one of its models. Have a look at

http://www.diabgroup.com/americas/u_...ar/wenonah.pdf

That's a help - thanks. I'm more mystified than ever now. Someone has
informed me that the canoes sold in the UK made from the mysterious
'Corelite' come from a company called Pyranha Mouldings Ltd. based in
Runcorn, UK which seems to be affiliated in some way with Pyranha US,
Inc. based in Asheville, NC. I will email them, asking for info.

Al D