: We have a book in English called "Building Your Kevlar
: Canoe". It describes in detail a method of glass canoe
: building that will produce an almost professional quality canoe.
: I've read it several times and would never attempt such a thing.
: To get professional results the mold must be almost perfect. For
: good reasons there is almost NO sanding or filling on the hull
: except for pinholes a light scuff to prepare for paint. A male
: mold of such quality takes more time to build that the boat
: itself. It consumes half the book.
: Laminating the hull was done in one long session to assure all the
: laminates chemically bonded together. The three experienced
: people who did the lamination were committed to continue to
: completion even if it took 24 hours.
: Over the many years I have come to this site there have been many
: posting about building in 'glass. The only one that was proven
: to be successful was a group of Quebecers who made a male mold
: from which they made a female mold which produced the boat. It
: was an industrial scale enterprise and not likely to be copied
: by a single indidvidual.
: I wish you luck but I think you have taken a most difficult path.

I've got a copy of that book somewhere and yeah it's possible to build a boat that way, also it's a great way to spend endless hours sanding the plug (foam) to get it anywhere even near to being fair. Fantastic way to eliminate hundreds if not thousands of hours of free time ;)

Bill H.