Last winter an old friend friend from Ohio emailed that she had just
"won" a kayak on Ebay that weighed 25 pounds. It was located near me,
so I picked it and stashed it until a co-worker of hers could pick it
up and drive it back.

While we were trying to figure out how best to deal with it (would UPS
deliver it?) I asked a friend who's a rigger how he do it, since he
sends masts around the country. He said that a virtue of the
lightweight glass kayaks is that you can cut them in half, ship them
in a small box, and glass them back together on site. (My friend
didn't go for that!) Then he said he has a friend who builds carbon
fiber kayaks that are 12 pounds, but they need a proper shipping crate.

Someday, small boats will weigh only a few ounces, which will actually
be a force field projector that allows you to dial in the type of
vehicle desired.


DSK wrote:
"Joe" wrote
Doug all ready said it's heavier than he predicted. I bet it's up to
double what he estimated it would weigh.


Nah, it's about 12# instead of 11.

Hey Joe, didn't your parents ever teach you that it's poor character to
wish for bad things to happen to others?


Bart wrote:
Doug is using tent pegs and 1" double braid to
hold it down so he can finish working on it.


As long as it's inside the garage, I don't have to worry about it
floating away.

The dinghy weighs about the same as 10 cubic inches of aluminum. Could
you make a dinghy out of that, Joe?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King