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Joining the hulls
By:Rick
Date: 8/3/2000, 2:22 am

Hello fellow builders, I have a question on glassing the two halves of the hulls, I have faired and sanded my Guillemot Single and just finished applying a sealer coat of epoxy to the deck and tommorrow will flip the jig over and seal coat the bottom. I have faired the deck and and bottom, removed the staples, the bow and the stern are tight together but in the middle of the hull, the two halves are 5/16 apart. My question is it safe to fibreglass the two halves with this much gap? My concern is when it comes time to join the halves together they may not join properly. I am also thinking about not putting hatches in this boat, but am wondering if this will make it more difficult to join together not having the access. I appreciate the help, good building and paddling, Rick

Messages In This Thread

Joining the hulls
Rick -- 8/3/2000, 2:22 am
Re: Joining the hulls
Tony -- 8/3/2000, 12:15 pm
Re: Joining the hulls *Pic*
Kent LeBoutillier -- 8/3/2000, 6:09 am