"William R. Watt" wrote:

skin on frame is labour intensive due to the many small parts.
the boat will not be a durable as plywood but will be much lighter.
www.gaboats.com is a skin-on-frame site. boat weights are listed.

This is only true in regards to Platt Monfort's boats, which are very light and
have very fragile skins. Traditional skin on frame boats (baidarkas and Greenland
kayaks) are much more rugged and weigh about the same as an equivalent size S&G
plywood/glass kayak. We're talking about two entirely different animals here.

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Regards

Brian