northernoffshore
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could be it. the wind screen was glass but seperate piece, the hatches were aluminum and it had the gold anodize on everything. thanks,
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could be it. the wind screen was glass but seperate piece, the hatches were aluminum and it had the gold anodize on everything. thanks,
Powerabout
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I'm looking at finding a supply of something like that ,like 13' Critchfields etc.
Do you have a line on them?
I would run sst 60's on them.
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Steve 1
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How many do you want? The Wing I did had two steps in it.
Powerabout
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Well.... 3 or 4 in a container?
Do you have some more details
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Do you have some more details
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Steve 1
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If there is a market yes I will build them for you!
Powerabout
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I would be creating a market by starting a class here in Singapore so would invest in a few to get it going.
Steve 1
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I will work out a price on the wing and the pad bottom Vee.
Powerabout
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Can you pm me
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Steve 1
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Yes No problem thanks!
Steve 1
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Pictures are coming in slowly here I am setting up to infuse strakes with a simple manifold ran down the center along the Keel and Vacuum jumpers where ever I wanted, keeping the runs short. we used a - 45 + 45 fabric as the need was to get as much filament possible across the joint where with a 0-90 you get only half the reinforcement going in the critical direction.
Steve 1
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I have to fill time while waiting on my pictures.
in the early eighties we did a some flats boats one was a 17 footer (still being built) and this my 18 foot boat line
The 18' Hull mold had 38 adjustment points on the bottom so I could touch it up.
Again this Boat was From a panel built plug for the molding, I had a low Glass topped table we Waxed then sprayed Tooling Gelcoat and carefully skinned it out ,then each of the 4 panels 2-side 2-bottom were cored with Divinnycell H-100 sheets (it had the right stiffness) that was then perforated and bagged into the wet laminate 1708 these were mounted onto wood fixture ,again built from the full size lofting, it was a quick build and could have been a boat. Staked out by Ocean reef on a sunday nothing better after a hard week to play on my own boat I got the lines down on paper for that boat in 20 minutes.
in the early eighties we did a some flats boats one was a 17 footer (still being built) and this my 18 foot boat line
The 18' Hull mold had 38 adjustment points on the bottom so I could touch it up.
Again this Boat was From a panel built plug for the molding, I had a low Glass topped table we Waxed then sprayed Tooling Gelcoat and carefully skinned it out ,then each of the 4 panels 2-side 2-bottom were cored with Divinnycell H-100 sheets (it had the right stiffness) that was then perforated and bagged into the wet laminate 1708 these were mounted onto wood fixture ,again built from the full size lofting, it was a quick build and could have been a boat. Staked out by Ocean reef on a sunday nothing better after a hard week to play on my own boat I got the lines down on paper for that boat in 20 minutes.
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Steve 1
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Dave on the transom we let the foam in ahead of time so the laps are not proud and are flush or a bit low,the material I use does not have any mat attached and with the higher bagging pressures on the epoxy laminates the surface blends in pretty well also you can butt the laminates edges together, I did one job where there were 4 plys called for we were at a 72" width with 50" material so I added a layer to the stack.
LittleDcsRodShop
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Wow !! I've been catching bits & pieces of this thread for just the past few days while attempting lunch.. I gotta say I have to take the time to crawl all the way throught it... Great stuff !! I consider myself a patient man & quite a detail freak who isn't affraid to get in there & take on a project, but after skimming through this I feel kinda lazy...
Great thread & Thanks for sharing this !!!!
Great thread & Thanks for sharing this !!!!
Steve 1
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Steve
Got your PM but I cant reply
Can you PM your email
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Got your PM but I cant reply
Can you PM your email
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glassdave
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What laminate are you using? I started using a 45/45 1800 several years ago for all my epoxy stuff, yes it does compress well. Could you make it so laps are under the strakes or is it just not necessary? I would not have thought it would lay down enough but now that you mention the bag pressures you use it makes sense. Probably takes little fairing to finalize the surface. Thanks
Steve 1
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Yes I ramp the pressure up from an initial 5-6 HG (on epoxy) into the teens ( shop temp plays into this time)also I use a 170 Fabric in most cases, this is a pain to handle and the reason I had a 50' x 1" Thick MDF topped cutting table and then it was rolled after cutting onto PVC pipe mandrels as it lay and Not pulled on this was for handling only ,then tapering the laps out so all there was left is a single layer along the edge. easy For the fairing and avoiding a hard spot crack/break here,With a leaf spring kind of mentality. You have a dry fabric @ .028 and I crunch that down 30-40%
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glassdave
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i hear ya on the "pain to handle" It gets real sensitive after it cut. I do the same, cut my patterns and go right to work with the least agitation of the fabric. Sure is nice stuff though. I recommend it to anyone doing epoxy repairs on these websites all the time but it is tough to find on a consumer level is small quantities.
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