| QUESTION: What are the advantages of heavy woven roving glass laminate construction as opposed to light weight high tech fabric construction? | ||
| ANSWER: For offshore sailing reliability, weight savings is not a top priority. A very solid heavy woven roving panel is a proven, time tested construction material. Bending strength and stiffness go up dramatically with panel thickness. A heavy woven roving glass laminate forms a thicker panel which results in a stronger hull. Simply bang the hull of a LRC SEries yacht -- compare it to others. Common sense will tell you there is a difference in strength. | ||
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Heavy Woven Roving Glass Laminate Advantage |
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| Knitted High Tech Fabrics | vs. | Caliber Heavy Duty Laminates |
| Results in a thinner, lighter laminate | Results in a thicker, heavier laminate | |
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| More flexing with a substantially lower breaking point | Less flexing with a substantially higher breaking point | |