We managed to glass the hull in just one day with seven people even though we
had counted on using two days, one at each side of the boat.
We tried not to overlap the glass, to reduce fairing.

The finished hull. Three layers of 290 g m2 plain weave.
The finished hull. As you can see we put on an outer mahogany stem to get it
good.
The Kevlar
After the glass we washed the hull with scotch brite to remove any amine
blush and to get a good bonding for the layer of Kevlar, that was used for ice
sheathing a bit below and above the waterline. The Kevlar was not as easy to
apply as the glass. It took longer to wet out and remove air. We had to go
slower and be extra careful. It is very hard to do anything to the Kevlar
afterwards, as it is impossible to sand down. It is not hard to cut with
ordinary scissors though, if you just sharpen the blades often.

But, as you can see it looks
really tasty. Especially when we poured over the epoxy. 
Here
you can see the peel ply that we put on the edges of the Kevlar so that fairing
would be easier. It held down the edge close to the surface. The peel ply is
removed later.
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