Carbon fiber bullet SST

[cbp84]

I heard that Chris Conleys Demo 21SST is carbon fiber and Kevlar! The boat is purple green and black all gel

Pictures please!!

[alli ss]

If I remember correctly an all Kevlar boat was a lot lighter than fiberglass , a guy in the club I was in way back had a all Kevlar Hydra sport bass boat that was crazy light compared to the straight fiberglass exact model ... I thought the reason was Kevlar was much stronger so they used less material and less resin that's where the weight savings was ... there was some issue about repairing it if need be or it wasn't repairable . ..
Also I was told it was 4k to upgrade a new Bullet to carbon/Kevlar hull I think he said 150 lbs lighter. This info was from a dealer I talked to he seems to know he stuff .

That does sound reasonable on all counts.

[John Jackson]

Kevlar floats. Fiberglass sinks. Kevlar is lighter and stronger, and less layers gives equivalent strength.

[bassworm1]

Isnt Tims bullet all kevlar i thought there was only 2 of that model made.

[Tim Powell]

Isnt Tims bullet all kevlar i thought there was only 2 of that model made.

Correct...2 for sure, maybe 3.

[esdbass]

Interestingly enough, Miss GEICO Racing does not like using Kevlar in the race boat, Carbon Fiber they feel is much better. In a Bass boat though, your going to have to make a section that isn't carbon fiber for mounting internal transducers as they will not shoot through Carbon Fiber and would have to be externally mounted. Are we fishing or racing ? I know, I ask this of myself more and more frequently but for sure an argument could be made for Carbon Fiber based ONLY for the extreme added strength that can be achieved.

[90 5.0]

Interestingly enough, Miss GEICO Racing does not like using Kevlar in the race boat, Carbon Fiber they feel is much better. In a Bass boat though, your going to have to make a section that isn't carbon fiber for mounting internal transducers as they will not shoot through Carbon Fiber and would have to be externally mounted. Are we fishing or racing ? I know, I ask this of myself more and more frequently but for sure an argument could be made for Carbon Fiber based ONLY for the extreme added strength that can be achieved.

very interesting, why won't they shoot through carbon?

[Pickwicked Basser]

Something to be careful about with carbon fiber is its a conductor. One nicked wire could cause a huge problem.

[esdbass]

very interesting, why won't they shoot through carbon?

Because it's like "metal", just like on an aluminum boat the transducers have to be externally mounted. By the way in my discussions with them at the shop, they hate Kevlar but have roll up roll of carbon fiber. That said, it's a race boat, not a bass boat and what the Miss Geico takes in regards to impact force at speed is incomprehensible compared to a bass boat. The cockpit of the boat is like the insides of a tank, nothing soft or cushy and the capsule is designed to survive high speed crashes. The Miss Geico team used to offer a service to other teams of inspecting and testing their safety capsules.