Today I taped the transom and the chine shelves. I also laid in a section of 24oz cloth on the aft end of the hull right at the transom. Renn says this area takes quite a beating so it's beefed up now. I laid down a sheet of 24oz roving, 6 oz matt and finished it off with a layer of 6oz cloth. I squeezed out as much of the epoxy as I could and all three layers are stepped so that the whole thing is pretty smooth. I'll have to do some grinding on the bottom edge of the transom to get it sharp again but the whole thing will be pretty strong and should take a lot of punishment before allowing any real damage to the wood back there.
I got 30 yards of 50" cloth for the bottom and sides. This way I can overlap the bottom panels by several inches on the center line and still bring the cloth down to overlap the chine shelves as well. I just have some fairing to do around the tape seams and the scarf joints and then the boat will be ready for the final layer of glass.
Posted by pnelson at September 6, 2003 10:04 PM