Details will become obvious with the next pictures. Tomorrow as I forgot the camera today.
Hulls are one piece, joined at the gunwhale as the table was too narrow. Could have been joined at the roof/cabin sides, which was the glue job on the first day.
The bag is the vacuum bag for the infusion.
Two build frames for the lee hull, as much to get it off the floor as anything else.
Hull is solid glass below the water. Same weight as foam, more impact resistant, much easier to bend and no work post bend. Rest of it is foam except for the bends, which are solid glass. Have developed some pretty easy bending techniques to eliminate coving and filleting.
Bows were going to be solid foam, but we are going to try bending them out of the glass sheet. Not as impact resistant, lighter and quicker, interesting to see what (if anything) can be achieved.
Not sure what harry building method you have been hearing about, this is KSS simplified and improved due to the harry hull shape and my lack of concern about straight lines on a boat. The roof came off the table today (need to leave it for 24 hours or so to get a good finish) and looks great. Will be a real eye opener, clear finished. Hope to get it and the seats on the hull tomorrow and get started on the lee hull panels. Even easier to build (1 sheet, not three), although there is a bit more stuffing about with bearings and bulkheads. Also going to try infusing tow which will be interesting.
rob
Hi Rob,
I have been looking at the photos you uploaded from your Solitarry
infusion, and it looks like you are trying a new build method. Can you
give us some details?
Key items of note:
half hulls - so they are joined at the keel
bag - what's this for?
frames?
it looks like the below waterline foam is not glassed on either side?
Is it foam or polycore?
Are the bows (below the waterline) now formed out of sheet foam
instead of carved?
What's up? This isn't the harry build method we have been hearing
about. It looks closer to KSS.
- Gardner
York, PA
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