| LOA: | 19' 6" | 5.95 |
| Max Beam: | 7' | 2.15 |
| Hull Wt: | 875 lbs | 398 kg |
| Max HP: | 250 | IO or outboards |
| Fuel Capacity: | 80 | 320 ltrs |
| Material: | Epoxy-Glass Plywood Composite | UK Epoxy Resins |
Started with the strongbacks, and frame alignment. Next, the stations are put in place and aligned with a laser through alignment holes.
Scarfed as per your instructions, I never had any problems. Nice and strong fit.
Stitched up! There are inevitably some mismatches, but you have to wiggle and fiddle a bit to sort this out. Bow took some bending to tie it together, needed help!
First round or seam taping after gap filletting. Boat after this is rigid.
After that,
Fibreglassing the rest of the hull was hard work. 50 inch Biax cloth, all
around, two layers. There are overlaps making up to 4 laters where it counts.
It took time (Initial layer took me 8 hours, and I gave up, and had to come
back and do the second layer after keying – Boy, I hated this
sanding!) Tapered Durian strakes added, and glassed to stop checking and absorption. This process took a long time to get just right.
Faired, and turned.
The inside is subject to the same glassing routines as the outside. 2 layers overall. You can see how the overlap creates 4 layer strips longitudinally, tapering towards the bow, increasing the layers to 8 at the bow. (Biax is double layered, so actually, 16 FG layers at the bow!)
Stations loosely fitted prior to filleting. Transom has been bulked out with biax to strengthen. This will now easily cope with my intended 140HP Outboard.
Bow smoothed and faired
The tank arrives
Tank recess The tank dropped into place
F'ard locker