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"The only tricky part was figuring out the correct radius for the form, based on the…"

David Witton replied Aug 28, 2016 to Bow slats for cover support

 5 Aug 28, 2016
Reply by Mike Thomas

"Mine ended up 5/8"x1 1/2", with 4 laminations - more lams = less springback when the…"

David Witton replied Aug 27, 2016 to Bow slats for cover support

 5 Aug 28, 2016
Reply by Mike Thomas

"Until now, I've been running the boat with a couple of coats of epoxy - I sanded tho…"

David Witton replied Aug 18, 2016 to Varnish over epoxy

 4 Aug 20, 2016
Reply by Mike Baker

"I took one of Brad Dimock's boatbuilding classes a couple of years ago - he had an i…"

David Witton replied Aug 14, 2016 to finishes

 2 Aug 14, 2016
Reply by David Witton

"Cored fiberglass construction is used pretty much everywhere in larger boats - hulls…"

David Witton replied Aug 14, 2016 to Best way to strenghten bottom of 16ft. Don Hill DB

 16 Aug 16, 2016
Reply by AJ DeRosa

"I used a technique borrowed from Mike Baker that adds a layer of honeycomb material…"

David Witton replied Aug 13, 2016 to Best way to strenghten bottom of 16ft. Don Hill DB

 16 Aug 16, 2016
Reply by AJ DeRosa

"I'm in agreement with David - that's what I built my 16x48 for. Multiday trips, clas…"

David Witton replied Aug 7, 2016 to Whitewater Dory vs. Fishing Dory

 14 Aug 21, 2016
Reply by Mark Jones

"For an explanation of epoxy behavior at elevated temps you may want to look at  http…"

David Witton replied Aug 4, 2016 to Fiberglass Creep

 10 Aug 12, 2016
Reply by James Prepura

"I store my boat outdoors, part of the day in the full sun, under a cover, so temps g…"

David Witton replied Aug 3, 2016 to Fiberglass Creep

 10 Aug 12, 2016
Reply by James Prepura

"I'll second Bennett's comment about Mike's availability - I built a boat from plans…"

David Witton replied Jul 30, 2016 to Don Hill 17ff vs Baker Wood 17

 4 Aug 1, 2016
Reply by James Prepura

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