Much Lighter Plastic Boats Coming Soon?

Bruce Farrenkopf · Post by **Bruce Farrenkopf** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:05 pm

I just got some inside information that one or two plastic boat manufacturers are going to be launching significantly lighter plastic boats in the near future. The information I have is fuzzy but came from someone who is well connected. If true, I'll be holding out before buying a new kayak to convert. Ten less pounds would make a big difference

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Has anyone heard something similar??

SYOTR,

Bruce

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:24 pm

Well I personaly know of two Canoe makers who have been talkin about it.

Bruce Farrenkopf · Post by **Bruce Farrenkopf** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:34 pm

Which two canoe makers? Is one of them Liquidlogic? I realize this is the kind of information companies don't want to prematurely release

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Bruce

ckingoc1 · Post by **ckingoc1** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:11 pm

Bruce Farrenkopf wrote:Which two canoe makers? Is one of them Liquidlogic? I realize this is the kind of information companies don't want to prematurely release .

Bruce

Liquidlogic is making canoes now?

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:13 pm

Water weighs 8lbs per gallon... what OC'er REALLY should want is lighter water!!!

philcanoe · Post by **philcanoe** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:39 pm

You mean this....

http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturin ... 373-1.html

New Lightweight and Impact Resistant Kayaks; New Composite...

oopsiflipped · Post by **oopsiflipped** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:42 pm

sounds like it is for rec boats. what i want is a 60 lb remix!

Bruce Farrenkopf · Post by **Bruce Farrenkopf** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:54 pm

Hallelujah, Amen!
Now we need a 30 lb Remix to be made

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Bruce

oopsiflipped · Post by **oopsiflipped** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:59 pm

Bruce Farrenkopf wrote:Hallelujah, Amen!
Now we need a 30 lb Remix to be made .

Bruce

why, so i can break it it a week?

Gary B · Post by **Gary B** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:06 am

Sounds like a version of twin-tex to me.

ncdavid · Post by **ncdavid** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:41 am

They call it MFT? Sweet!
I assume the two canoe manufacturers that Louie mentioned are Mohawk and Esquif.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:13 am

No Dagger and Whitesale, Duh

gumpy · Post by **gumpy** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:15 am

light and impact resistant, ok. but what about abrasion resistance? isn't that just as important? i know it is to me

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:49 am

Sounds awfully similar to "Twintex" and "Armorlite"

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:32 am

The difference is that both Twintex and Armetlite are glass reinforced while MFT (which is now called Tegris) http://www.milliken2.com/MFT/MFThtml.nsf/page/home.htm is a pure polypropylene matrix, made with 2 different types of interwoven PP yarn (different melting point and proberties) based on the graphs shown on the Tegris website its impact proberties seem to be significantly better than the ones for Twintex (which is continuous glass reinforced PP).

Abrasion resistance is not mentioned, but my guess is that it should be no worse than pure PP, which is used fior the Taureau.

It should, at least in theory, be batter than Twintex.

TGG!