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2004-05-02

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Glassing the hull
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.