Pick up your trailer body with one finger?

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Pick up your trailer body with one finger?

Postby angib » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:00 pm

All you boatbuilders who want to build a light trailer body might want to look at this Geodesic construction:

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Postby stjohn » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:30 pm

Very cool would handle 70mph down the road w/ a 10mph head wind?
maybe w/ the right aero dynamics :thinking:
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Postby stjohn » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:33 pm

I should have read the print before replying they make airplanes that way
ineresting ideal.
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Postby shil » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:15 pm

The yellow kayak pictured weighs about 25 lbs. It's made of cedar with a polyester skin. It stands up to freeway speeds just fine.

Still, I wouldn't want to lean against a fabric wall while reading in bed.

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Postby asianflava » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:48 pm

Then you are back to square one....Sleeping in a tent. :lol:
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Postby TonyCooper » Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:18 pm

shil wrote:The yellow kayak pictured weighs about 25 lbs. It's made of cedar with a polyester skin. It stands up to freeway speeds just fine.


Thats impressively light! Our Tampico Kayaks weigh in at 41 lbs each and are considered light for their size... Best of all though, I get to support a small local (North Carolina) company that makes a great product.
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Postby Juneaudave » Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:44 pm

Here is one I would like to build...you can carry it around in a travel golf bag (or probably in a little storage area built into your tear!)!! http://yostwerks.com/MainMenu.html Or check out the building plans at http://yostwerks.com/FrameMenu.html
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