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Hello boat builders (and everyone else too).
I'm planning to build another boat later this winter.
I'm going to build a second version of the last boat that I build (knock off of a Sawyer Shockwave).
I have a set of forms that someone lifted off of an old Shockwave. I built this boat winter before last and ran it in that years MR340 ultra marathon. The boat came out great and ended up being a good racing and tripping boat. I finished that year's 340 mile race in a little over 57 hours so obviously, I'd did a good job.
That boat was my first build and I used pretty standard (maybe outdated) cedar strip building methods. 1/4" cedar, 1 layer 6 oz glass outside, 1 layer 4 oz glass inside with an additional rectangle of 4 oz glass where the paddler sits, (plus a few feet forward and back), stemless, ash gunnels and small decks. I also added an adjustable, sliding seat since that's what the original Shockwave's had.
Like I said, turned out great but weights about the same as a factory goldenglass Shockwave, about 47 pounds.
I'm looking for suggestions on reducing the weight of this next build substantialy and I was hoping to hear what others are doing that's reduced weight of their builds. I'd be very interested to hear what's worked and what hasn't.
Since I'm asking questions. Has anyone tried building a strip form and glassing it - then stripping the strips out and adding an additional layer of glass or carbon? Would that even work?
Let's hear what you've got!
Cheers, John R
I'm planning to build another boat later this winter.
I'm going to build a second version of the last boat that I build (knock off of a Sawyer Shockwave).
I have a set of forms that someone lifted off of an old Shockwave. I built this boat winter before last and ran it in that years MR340 ultra marathon. The boat came out great and ended up being a good racing and tripping boat. I finished that year's 340 mile race in a little over 57 hours so obviously, I'd did a good job.
That boat was my first build and I used pretty standard (maybe outdated) cedar strip building methods. 1/4" cedar, 1 layer 6 oz glass outside, 1 layer 4 oz glass inside with an additional rectangle of 4 oz glass where the paddler sits, (plus a few feet forward and back), stemless, ash gunnels and small decks. I also added an adjustable, sliding seat since that's what the original Shockwave's had.
Like I said, turned out great but weights about the same as a factory goldenglass Shockwave, about 47 pounds.
I'm looking for suggestions on reducing the weight of this next build substantialy and I was hoping to hear what others are doing that's reduced weight of their builds. I'd be very interested to hear what's worked and what hasn't.
Since I'm asking questions. Has anyone tried building a strip form and glassing it - then stripping the strips out and adding an additional layer of glass or carbon? Would that even work?
Let's hear what you've got!
Cheers, John R