G'day,
Apologies for cross posting.
Most builders have read about the Kelsall KSS
technique http://www.kelsall.com/methods4.html for
rapidly building boats and wondered if it is really possible to build hulls this
quickly. If they are, it makes a mockery of spending weeks gluing,
glassing, bogging and sanding strips of wood or foam in the traditional strip
plank method, or any of the heat it, bend it and screw it foam
techniques.
Harryproa have decided that this development is too
good to miss and have paid Derek to adjust the design of the hulls of the
15m/50' proa we are building for me to race in next year's Solo
Transpac. As part of the deal, Derek is putting on a 4 day workshop
at our factory in Urunga (midway between Brisbane and Sydney, 20 minutes south
of Coff's Harbour) to demonstrate how infusion and KSS work. He
reckons that at the end of it, we will have the hull ready to top coat paint,
and a 15m vacuum table. It would take more than 4 days to fill and
fair the hull of a 15m strip planked boat, so this will be a
very impressive achievement.
The workshop is from 17-20th May (just before
Sanctuary Cove show). Anybody who wants to attend is welcome, at a cost of
$500 for the 4 days. This includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea, the
chance to participate in the build and to pick Derek's brain on the
technique. Mostly though it gives you a way to save a huge amount of time
building your own boat. Local low cost accommodation is being
organised.
Anyone interested in attending, please email me at
proa@iinet.net.au or phone 08
92843483.
regards,
Rob Denney
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