: Has anyone tried to build a stitch and glue from fibreglass sheet?

: The reason I ask is that we have a marathon race early september
: for which my pioneer was lacking in the speed department for the
: distance (30kt miles) last year. I was thinking about maybe
: making a night heron for this years race but time is against me
: now.

: Would there be any disadvantages or problems with starting out with
: fibregalss sheeting instead of plywood? then reinforce it with
: an internal layer of fibreglass?

: I am lucky enough to be in the position of having fibreglass
: sheeting of any dimension I like (within reason) at hand from
: the family business so the material isnt a problem, more the
: build issues I am not too sure about!

: Cheers in advance

: Alan

There's no reason this won't work, but will be a real pain I'd bet. As mentioned these panels are usually quite heavy and not terribly strong. You'll have to drill a bunch of holes in the edges to wire the panels together and drilling glass is messy and time consuming. Also the filets on the panel edges will require considerable sanding to get any kind of bond. Might be cheaper overall to just buy plywood.

Bill H.