Anyone interested in purchasing all the Kevlar,Carbon Tape,and S-glass at a
discount contact me. I purchased all the material 2 years ago from Sweet.
The only material used is the Kevlar for the bulkheads, and the S-glass for
transom, and tape for transom bar.
Make offer.
Mike Stewart
Stewart Engineering & Sales
www.steweng.com
Ph 231-767-2140
Cell 231-206-3085
Fax 231-767-2233
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Elvstad [mailto:stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:34 PM
To: Greg Ryan
Cc: swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Carbon fiber shortage?
Thank you all for the information. I will contact Sweet Composites. It
is a tough call if the material is in short supply - makes sense to
secure a supply, but at the same time, I'd hate to hold on to a supply
if it prevents some other Solo builder from building his boat. I imagine
that at least for the most part, the need for the cloth comes up a bit
into the project which makes it even tougher - hold a supply for a bit
of time, or worse, risk having none when the time comes...
BTW, we moved from Brookings to Blaine last summer, and I do think we
are in a great location from the Swift perspective. The Vancouver
Regatta sounds great - I look forward to seeing it, and hope for an
opportunity to look at some boats up close soon.
Stefan
Greg Ryan wrote:
> 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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