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Re: Help!! Boat curled a little
By:Nick W
Date: 12/12/2000, 12:37 pm
In Response To: Help!! Boat curled a little (Jason W.)

: HELP!!

: Between when I glassed the outside of the hull and when I glassed the inside,
: the hull has curled about 3 inches in (1-1/2 each side). I only left it
: for 6 days, but the weather here up in New England has turned cold and
: dry. Will this be a problem when it comes time to connect top and bottom?
: I would think that once I got the inside and outside taped, it would be
: good to go. I can use stickts to spread the hull to the right width. Am I
: right?

: Hopefully you will have experiences like this and it turned out fine.
: Please...

Not to worry. I had the same problem and solved it by hot gluing scrap strips in to push the hull back into place. The way I did it was to put the forms back in place, and glue the srips in about an inch below where the fiberglass tape will be when the deck and hull are tied together. After the inside seam glass has cured just remove the strips.

Good luck,

Nick

Messages In This Thread

Help!! Boat curled a little
Jason W. -- 12/11/2000, 9:26 pm
Re: Help!! Boat curled a little
Nick W -- 12/12/2000, 12:37 pm
Re: Help!! Boat curled a little
Don Borntrager -- 12/12/2000, 12:25 pm
Re: Help!! Boat curled a little
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/12/2000, 9:23 am
Re: Help!! Boat curled a little
Edgar -- 12/12/2000, 7:56 am
Re: Help!! Boat curled a little
Jason Given -- 12/11/2000, 9:43 pm