Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Fiberglassing the bottom

 Applying Fiberglass Cloth

After dry-fitting and trimming the fiberglass cloth, I started at the front folding it back in small sections. When the folds were near the stern, I folded the stern piece forward on top the other folds. Then starting at the stern I wet it out section by section unfolding as I went. Thank goodness for slow hardener.

Starting at the stern


Working my way forward

finished stern

finished bow

Next Steps

Apply another coat of epoxy. Then fabricate the bottom skegs and stringers.

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