We had an order to cut ten off of a kayak designed by Dudley Dix www.dixdsign.com,the kayak is a super light one man boat and is skinned in a light fabric,rather than plywood,so to save weight even further, we used our special Deluxe Light Plys,in a 6mm thickness,its the back bone and bulkheads in this case,our cut bulkhead and frame kit pictured, weighed in at a remarkable 1.75 kgs per boat only,with the stringers in a light wood and supplied by the buyer.
Showing posts with label Super light weight ply construction kayaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Super light weight ply construction kayaks. Show all posts
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Kayak cutting and deluxe light plys
We had an order to cut ten off of a kayak designed by Dudley Dix www.dixdsign.com,the kayak is a super light one man boat and is skinned in a light fabric,rather than plywood,so to save weight even further, we used our special Deluxe Light Plys,in a 6mm thickness,its the back bone and bulkheads in this case,our cut bulkhead and frame kit pictured, weighed in at a remarkable 1.75 kgs per boat only,with the stringers in a light wood and supplied by the buyer.
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