Taking shape very nicely!
Doug, Good for you. I hope you find more time then I can to work on your boat, then I can find for mine these days!
I tested two sail on the same boat and saw a difference. First the sail was a pin head, and then modified to a flat head. Same boat – Same...
Well taken...In repair work you will hit fibers and certain aspects of building, but general fairing I agree you should not be fairing your...
Fairing is almost an art form........I started with doing show cars and restore jobs more for pleasure as a hobby. Now with boat repair or...
On a smaller scale I vacuumed bagged some bulkheads - 2 skins to foam on each side in one session on a table. When it dried it looked like I had a...
My example was basic and perhaps lives in the light multihull racing world–but I’d like to point out a few things: Aircraft speeds compared to...
Great chair I have the same one in my shop! I was thinking of making a mold from it for my TRi!
About close to 15 – 20 years ago I converted my G-Cat 5.7 M catamaran from a pointed main to a square top at the recommendation of my sail maker....
All it needs is the reindeer and he will be ready!
Sounds good my other thought is the inside and outside skins should touch each other so the load is transfered, get rid of the cracked glass all...
That is a nasty bow crack 12:1 will fix a crack but I'm not sure it will give the strength of a laminate lay-up say a 1,500 lbs boat hitting a...
Just a note Kevlar does not sand well it fuzzes up and will never look good. As far as drilling holes and sucking the laminate back down means you...
I've done vacuum bagging with a rather cheap vacuum pump from Harbor Freight. With the proper seal you pull up to 25 micron vacuum. I modified the...
I've been thinking about curved foils for my tri. Has anybody given any thought as to the building process for curved foils, if so I'd like to...
