Solus wrote on Apr 7^th, 2009 at 3:03pm:



Interesting. Forget what I said then.

Akula-
There will be dry fiber.  Kevlar is impervious to resin, it "surface" bonds with it, the fiber itself does not get saturated. This is the main reason why kevlar canoes are lighter, they require significantly less resin.  Repairing kevlar is more difficult than glass, if you sand through the thin layer of resin the fibers will fray and your attempt at smooth becomes fuzzy.

I bought a Bell CJ at a garage sale! ccs covers coming soon! These are great Ideas, thanks again! I just found this site,gotta go to work

Paddlin_Bill wrote on Apr 7^th, 2009 at 4:42am:



If the layup / curing was done properly, there should be no strands to twist up on a drill bit. If you do get this "dry glass," it is a structural defect and the factory should replace the canoe (if you didn't void the warranty by drilling through it). You should be able to get right through it without any trouble.

At least, that's my take. I'm not experienced with kevlar, but I worked in a composites factory making wind turbine blades for a little over two years. Repairing dry glass and cosmetic defects for final inspection was my part of the process.

Anyone ever done something similar to a Royalex canoe?

When you guys drilled the holes in the kevlar for the bowlines, did you have any trouble with the kevlar strands binding up or anything else to deal with? I think I'm going to try this on my prism.

Thanks for the info and the link!

I like it. Can drop out when the boat is upside down, so I just add some parachute cord run through it. To remove the rod you don't have to slide it out, just pick it up. It's the Berkley Quik-set.

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Jim where did you find your rod holder, and who is the maker? Looks decent and little weight....any thing you dont like about it?

At first glance it looked like the boy and girl in last picture were holding the canoes together with just their legs!
I'm assuming the canoes were lashed together somehow?
I had a buddy step into a canoe along a ledge with one foot instead of both and sitting down. By the time we reached him, he was about horizontal with the water and screaming in pain
That's the image that came too mind viewing that picture at first glance!

I see the Skipper and Mary Ann...where's Gilligan??