Thanks very much for all the advices Phil. I will put some stringers and a frame into place to reduce the panel-span. Is it advisable to build...
Catsketcher, thanks a lot for your practical advice. I have opened the watertight compartment today. There is no backingstrip between the...
there was quite a lot of pressure in the compartment and once the air was out, the hullskin was fair again. The hull is 12mm Cedar and seems...
the reason, why I am interested in this subject is that my sailing catamaran (44' and 8 tons) has a watertight horizontal bulkhead (vertically...
Are there any rules on design pressures and expected pressures for multihull's hull-skins? I have once read an article about monohull slamming...
Today we routed on the outside a groove, about 7mm outside the cutout edge, all around the cutout. The groove goes down to the inner laminate, so...
Does anyone have experience with the two-pac waterbased paints like: Aquacote http://boatcraft.com.au/paints.html How are they to apply? Any...
a friend of mine used a para anchor once and he told me that he did get rid of it after that. He deployed it from the bow. I don't think that he...
instead of heaving to, I go upwind with very reduced sails. you can pick the speed and the boat is under control. Waves seem to slap the stern and...
how would you reinforce the inside with uni rope? or would you put a doubler on the inside? I have very little space around the inside, otherwise...
Thanks for the support, catsketcher: what is the procedure to prepare the uniglass rope and how do you glue it into the groove? Simon
The sketch should explain a bit the current situation and on the right I have put a possible solution. Currently there is only a reinforced...
I have posted this question in the Fiberglass and Composite Boat Building without success. My question is: How are composite hulls locally...
My catamaran has an escape hatch that sits in the middle of a panel between two bulkheads. The panel is is about 1.5 x 1m. The cutout of the...
Thanks for the advices. We have stripped the glass where there were elevated moisture readings. After 3 weeks, the readings were low enough to...
but, anyone used it for years with success?
Would be interesting to hear from someone with experience. All I have read, until now, is about applying the copper epoxy, but no recounts about...
Does anyone have experience with his designs? Nice looking designs. Are the flat bottoms prone to slamming? Simon
http://www.multihulldesigns.com, look at the cylinder mold catamarans, made of plywood.
what about the tactics west system is suggesting, drilling 5mm holes every 25mm through the outer laminate into the core, drying out the area and...
