: Have progress this week finally. Been an icky summer with very little free
: time to work on this thing. Finally got both hulls covered, found that
: contact cement works really well at gluing down laps in the cloth and once
: it's set up the heat of an iron will soften the glue enough to flatten out
: any wrinkles. Used Weldwood gel cement btw.

: I've also glassed one hull and precoated the other, ready to glass it
: tomorrow. Doing a catamaran is the pits, once you finish a job you're only
: half way done . With this light cloth 1.7 ounce dacron and 3.2 ounce glass
: it really doesn't add much weight. I'm going to add a tape down the keel
: on both boats to toughen up the very bottoms.

: Hopefully will get it ready for test #2 this week with the adjustable cross
: beams to find the ideal width for this beast. Might actually be able to
: paddle it a little

: Bill H.

Cat kayak update: hulls have been covered and glassed minus the deck, need access thru it to put the permanant cross braces back in once I figure out how wide it needs to be. The temporary cross braces are back on the boat, now 2" wider overall. Just have to bolt the fore and aft braces back on and put on the seat and floorboards and I can try it again

I'd take pix but it's really ugly with no paint and no deck and the ugly temporary boards bolted to temporary supports hanging all over the boat.

Bill H.