One too many compromises is like too many cooks in the kitchen... I had some idea that a tip of the hat toward low-speed displacement cruising...
I don't have a target for my cruising speed. Most of what I've read from other C-Dory owners regarding cruising speed varies from model to model....
Most of the flat-bottomed C-Dorys top out at around 30MPH. Beyond that and they tend to lose steering control.
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I've got an '84 C-Dory (not Cape Dory) and have been extending the hull. I've worked with a naval architect who gave my design a thumbs up, but...
Tunnels, The individual words you write are regular, normal, comprehensible words. I'm certain you know what you're talking about, but what...
Well, both inside and outside corners on the lapstrake offsets and the running strakes are 1/4" radii. Perhaps that's not enough, but again, using...
And that's only the resin; add about $40 for the hardener. I've been using 635 Thin laminating epoxy from U.S. Composites on my hull extension...
Their stuff is expensive, but at a 5:1 resin to hardener ratio, half a gallon won't require that much; something like a shy pint...
Testy? I don't know how you read that into it. Maybe I need to use lots of emoticons... That said, however, it is a bit frustrating to learn about...
The existing hull is a quarter-inch thick. I wonder how many layers of 6oz. cloth it would take to make up that thickness? It takes six layers of...
I agree, there's not enough resin. As to the corners, C-Dory has been building boats with those lapstrake corners since 1979. I talked to their...
So far, so good. Yesterday, I used West System with 205 hardener, rolled it onto the hull, waited, rolled dry 1708 onto the tacky epoxy and wetted...
Vacuum seemed like the way to go, but I'm apparently too inexperienced to make it work properly. I left plenty of plastic bagging material to...
Looks like one of those good ideas that's ahead of its time, and materials, and experience... Hope they get it right in the near future.
brokensheer, Certainly, I don't know why your very wet lamination ended up with white spots starved for epoxy, but I wonder if you had first...
Perhaps I'm overcautious, but I use the drywall bags and an HEPA filter in the shop vac these days. On occasion, I find a hole in the bag and a...
Well, at least it's a short drive for me...
