Quite a while back someone from Oz described how they finished the keels and
skegs of their kayaks with epoxy laden with Silicon Carbide, the stuff one
grinds telescope mirrors with. I quote "The ramp doesn't mark our boats.
Our boats mark the ramp."

Roger

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"Marc Reeves" wrote in message
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Thanks guys,

I've decided against the carbon fiber and to go, instead, with the
glass/epoxy/graphite option instead