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Yes the girls were holding it over their heads that day. Not big girls either, 1 girl only weighs 39 kilos and they were holding it on their own.. The bare hull with hood weighed about 19.5 kilos or just under 43lbs to you guys. I think it had a couple of weak areas around the pole bracket but...

I would think Nick's comment about "ready to ride weight of 92.5 kgs" was with the motor. Yes that is about 204 lbs.

Someone must have one. Model aircraft have fantastic data loggers now which you can check with your computer after a flight and get all the airspeeds, G loads, GPS readings, etc etc Maybe someone does one for a ski? It would be nice to get exhaust gas analyising read outs.

Is there a Dyno you guys could use because it all looks a bit "hit and miss" to me.

It's a statue. Obviously quite convincing though.

I checked to make sure I wasn't talking bollocks. I took 80 grms of fibre and it took 70 grms of resin to wet it out fully. This was done on a sheet of plastic. So R&G claim an 87% resin to fibre lay up which is about what I obtained. I helped Nickwad when he laid up his new hull and he only...

Does Nick look like he has a good life?? lol Has anyone else managed to ride a jetski in their swimming pool.?

Nick is busy this week and hasn't been able to do anything. I think he will be back at full throttle next week.

Thanks for all your help guys. I just downloaded the latest R&G catalogue. This the holy bible for all laminating guys. I must admit to being wrong on one point as I said chopped strand was 200% resin whereas it is actually 300 % resin to fibre weight. I was interested in the figures so I will...

Fibre is measured by the square metre in Europe and 100 grm e glass means 1 square metre weighs 100 grms. 100 grm carbon means that 1 square metre also weighs 100 grms. Could be thicker though?? I must check that out. What is it in the states? I mean what is 8oz? Is that 1 square yard?

I was looking in a german catalogue and they give resin to fibre ratios. E glass was 87 %, carbon 127% and chopped strand with polyester was 200%. My original point was "why do people still use chopped strand and polyester"? Is there an advantage to polyester that I don't know about? With...

It was funny yesterday watching nickwad and his new ski. Nick was getting wound up for that first backflip and wondering if it would do it or not. Then this oldish Thai guy with no helmet, shoes or life jacket jumped on it and within about 2 minutes of riding it had a go at a backflip. He got...

Thanks for the info guys. I think you have all given me a little insight as to the weight problem. I know Polyester resin in Thailand is about 3$ a kilo and Epoxy is about 20$ a kilo so I can see why people use Polyester. The problem is that the resin to fibre ratio with Polyester is 2 to 1 and...

I am fairly new to the jet ski world but I am a good friend of nickwads and have assisted him when laminating the big parts. Even tropical slow hardener goes off quickly here at 30 degrees c, so you need helpers to get the job done before the resin goes off. I am curious though as to what the...