Frogwatch wrote:

I build boats that not only look nice, but stand up and can take a
beating too.. The modern materials such as 4.5 oz tight weave glass
cloth are good for clearcoat covering without adding weight... Harry
just says what he can to try to get my goat, but he really doesn't
know anything about modern materials and ultralite boat building ...

I've been wanting to design a folding dinghy 9' long made of heavy
flexible PVC with a glassed ply base. A company called Geodesic
Aerolite boats makes a similar one but theirs does not collapse for
carrying. I think one could use the thwarts to get rigidity (also the
seat). It should come in at about 45 lbs. Have not worked out all
the details though, maybe never will.
Been considering building a 3mm ply kayak coated with 4 oz glass but
with so many other things to do......

Yeah those Geodesic boats are pretty cool. Older fellow up north builds
em' iirc. You carry shipping tape with you in case you hole it on an
outing, a 16 foot wineglass tail Whitehall type hull weighs under 20
pounds.. The other route is pretty easy too. Look at the flexible
plastic sheets and check out the way the "Porta-Boat" is built. It could
be done easily by the home builder, probably in one weekend for a 10
footer...

Rowdy Mouse Racing, don't feed the posers...
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