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Re: Strip: Et's skeg - detailed write up with pics
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 1/13/2012, 12:14 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Et's skeg - detailed write up with pics (Wayne One (wwfloyd))

: I've contacted Kari-Tec about the tubing. Awaiting response. One
: question I had asked is whether 1/8 inch (3.2mm) SS cable will
: fit inside. You had used 3mm, 1 x 19, but 1/8 is common in US.
: Do you think there's enough room?

: Another question for you. I've glassed the inside panels of my skeg
: housing, and am nearing a point of assembling them. I have
: coated the spacer material with several epoxy applications, for
: waterproofing. Did you somehow glass the spacers to the side
: panels, on the inside?

Hi Wayne

Question one... 1/8th inch cable should fit just fine in the Kari-Tek sleeve.

Question two... The spacers are not covered with glass, just epoxy. Just make sure to key the surfaces before bonding.

I suppose one could glass the edges of the spacers before glueing them in but there is really no point. The glass is for stiffness and abrasion resistance. the epoxy is for waterproofing. It is possible to be over obsessive about glassing every surface. For instance, I don't glass my cockpit coamings. The way I do them they are strong enough without it and it is so much easier to get a nice result without all the cloth getting in the way.

I did glass into the skeg slot where it meets the hull though, even though it would have been much easier not to. Extra abrasion resistance and easier to get a thick epoxy layer over the join.

Your build is obviously progressing.

Et

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Etienne Muller -- 11/13/2011, 1:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/13/2011, 1:54 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 11/13/2011, 2:42 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 11/13/2011, 9:55 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/14/2011, 5:37 am
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Ian Cummins -- 11/14/2011, 10:55 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/14/2011, 12:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2011, 2:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2011, 2:53 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 11/13/2011, 5:20 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/14/2011, 6:08 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/14/2011, 6:12 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 11/15/2011, 5:15 pm
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 12/14/2011, 6:37 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/15/2011, 8:54 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 12/16/2011, 9:26 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 11/13/2011, 10:06 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/14/2011, 12:47 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/14/2011, 9:16 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/14/2011, 12:36 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/16/2011, 12:09 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/20/2011, 4:27 pm
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dave g -- 11/21/2011, 10:23 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/22/2011, 5:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/21/2011, 1:32 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 11/21/2011, 8:30 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/21/2011, 1:01 pm
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 1/13/2012, 10:14 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/13/2012, 12:14 pm