Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re: 15m schooner underway
From: Rob Denney
Date: 5/12/2013, 2:23 AM
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
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harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au

 



On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Doug Haines <doha720@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
 

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the update pics.
It looked like a thick piece of plywood in the first pic, but obviously light brown coloured foam.
Pretty thick at 15mm?

It's a big boat, with some big spans, although most of them are reinforced with furniture etc, so 15mm.   

How was the glassing done - one side under pressure then bend while other side is wet?


For the hull bottom, yes.  The rest was glassed both sides then vacuumed. 


This was the major attraction to going flat panel for me. No worries bending to shape.

Agreed.  The lee hull will be built with a flat bottom. 

I know the straps can pinch in to make undulations - you obviously used some aluminiukm beams to try and spread the load at the edges.

Yes, may have been better with holes through the topsides and pulled the shape from gunwh'l to gunwh'l rather than around the hull. 

I think you had a solide glass bilge on the Sol.


Yes. Smaller diameter, but folded pretty easily. 

rob


Doug
Perth

--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "proaharry" <harryproa@...> wrote:
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> Latest update now at www.harryproa.com.
>
> Made a couple of bulkheads yesterday on the small table. To speed things up, we made them in a stack with a piece of peel ply between them. Laminate looks good apart from a couple of bag creases on the table side. However, we lost any time savings by spending all morning wedging them apart to break the peel ply join. What a struggle! Perforated plastic next time.
>
> Installed the bulkheads this afternoon with some help from Jeff, the scone king. Looks good. Next big step will be putting the saloon roof on. In theory, not too difficult, but the sheer size of it will throw up some interesting problems.
>
> rob
>


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