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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.rec.boat
Subject: Re: kevlar/carbon hull construction
Message-ID: <385@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 17:51:57 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 15 17:51:57 1985
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> >    I am interested in communicating with someone who either has
> >    experience in building boats with carbon fibre glass or kevlar, 
> >    or owns a boat built of same and can argue  the
> >    relative virtues of either... 

I've worked with regular fiberglass and a bit with kevlar (all in
the course of repairing a Pearson Ariel).  Kevlar is very tricky.
It's hard to get the resin to soak into the fibers, and of course,
it's hell to cut.  Thus, there seems to be a much higher risk of
delamination.  Awfully strong, however--indeed, bullet-proof.
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