Re: Carbon fiber shortage?

["Greg Ryan" <gregoryrryan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Stefan Welcome to the class! I see you are based in Brookings OR, plenty 
of help for you in that neck of the woods.
Also another boat on the West Coast. Come on East Coast Lurkers, lets catch 
up!!!
Seriously, yes there is a shortage of Carbon/Hybrid. It comes up from time 
to time though. You will need 25 yards of the fabric.
If you are sure you will make a Swift Solo in the next couple of months then 
Sweet Composites currently has one 100 yard roll of the material left. the 
URL is http://sweetcomposites.com/ the prices are outstanding.
I suggest you secure what you need now or be too late. You could always sell 
it later if you decide not to build the Swift. Maybe even make a profit.

My company, NYC Skiffs, currently has 10 yards for those that need some 
little extra.
Greg
See you on the race course.
(OK, can the sarcastic replies, Christian, Bram and Rob).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Elvstad" <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:50 PM
Subject: Carbon fiber shortage?


> When I stumbled across the Swift Solo article in Wooden Boat Magazine,
> it was love at first sight, and I will just have to build one. My work
> plan includes first building the workshop and a small project to get a
> feel for the strip building process, and hopefully make the bigger
> mistakes on something less significant than the Swift Solo. So, it will
> take another couple of months before I will be ready to start on the
> Swift. Meanwhile, I have truly enjoyed monitoring the emails coming
> through on the email list.
>
> When planning my trainer project, I discovered that the sources for
> carbon fiber express problems with a global shortage of carbon fiber and
> seem pretty discouraging about their ability to deliver. Is this
> something you have had to deal with in the past, and does anyone have
> any suggestion as to if and how we can get around the problem?
>
> Stefan Elvstad


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