: Et-
: Interesting! (and surprising.... ;-) )
: Have you (destruction) tested that coaming construction (edge-glued
: strips with PU glue, coated with epoxy, no glass)?
: I've always found strip layups to be pretty fragile till the glass
: is applied- isn't that why we build hulls and decks with glass
: on both sides?
: Lately I've been in quite a few class and rescue practice sessions,
: hauling boats over the coaming and grabbing the coaming for
: 'scoop' rescues and just stabilizing the 'victim boat'. I'm
: pretty confident that I could break an unglassed strip coaming
: in some of those exercises.
: When I made plywood coaming lips, I used to glass them as well-
: perhaps overkill. Now (because they grab the sprayskirt so much
: better) I'm a convert to glass/carbon coamings.
: Lots of ways to skin the proverbial cat, I guess.
I haven't even tested my marriage to destruction, why would I want to test a boat in this way:)
The wooden strips on the coaming are just decorative, they are glued onto a ply ring that is the full width of the riser and overlap.
I often carry the boats around by lifting them by the coaming lip. I have absolutely no fear that they would ever fail.
In use the coaming is hidden by the spray deck, so the effort to get it looking right is a little wasted, but it impresses the beach droolers if it looks good.
Et
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Etienne Muller -- 7/5/2012, 5:56 pm- Re: Seeking: Carbon Fiber Cockpit/Coaming Splice?
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