Fiberglass Bottom Install

Hey everyone - hope you all had a nice weekend.
I managed to get some time in on the boat... and get the fiberglass laminated to the bottom. (24 oz woven roving)
Having never really worked with fiberglass I was a bit apprehensive, but I have to say it turned out pretty good, and was not too bad to work with. It was cool to wet out the cloth and watch it go from thick white cloth to almost clear. Good thing about the bottom on these boats is they are flat, I could image laying cloth could be quite an art in more curved/convex applications.
All in all - I am happy with the way the initial lamination turned out. Next few days I will apply a couple flow coats to fill the weave and hopefully get my false stem and battens installed. Since Silvertip Epoxy is a no-blush I can flowcoat it without sanding or cleaning as long as I work within a 72 hr. window. (Thanks for the heads up Randy - I would have been sanding my butt off).
I also put the transom battens on last night. (Needs to be trimmed still - I got to tired to finish it off - and Pale Ales were calling my name)
Thanks for looking!
Jason












Modern Art with graphite/epoxy

Battens on transom...

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Comment by Daniel Paull on March 17, 2009 at 4:15pm
Hi Jason, I have been out of town and out of touch for the last month. Great progress on your boat. No question she'd float if you launched her now. I found the part of the construction after turning the boat over more enjoyable. I really enjoyed putting the handrails on. Having put in the chine logs it was less intimidating.
Comment by Jesse Ronnow on March 16, 2009 at 12:30pm
Congrats on tackling something new. Looks good.
Comment by Jason Knight on March 16, 2009 at 10:59am
Ah I see... it's pretty heavy stuff... and I had a really pleasant itch yesterday after feathering the edges of the glass...
Comment by Randy Dersham on March 16, 2009 at 10:09am
Awesome boat building and awesome job of documenting the progress. This is very helpful Jason.
Just for the record, the bottom cloth is 19.5oz triaxel. That's too hard to say and write out so we call it 20oz triaxel.
Comment by Herb Jacobsen on March 16, 2009 at 7:47am
Jason,
Looking good. That is going to be a pretty boat when you are done. I have always wondered how that type of bottom will hold up. I used the UHMW on most of my boats and it held up OK. Trouble was in Idaho we got a lot of pooch marks on the bottom and stars on the inside from hitting so many rocks. I know Ray Heater uses that type of bottom but there was no one that I knew that had one of his boats on the MF. It should hold up well for you as you won't have to deal with the granite like we did out there.....

Best Wishes,
Herb
Comment by Christine on March 16, 2009 at 6:37am
She's looking sea-worthy my dear!
Comment by Greg Hatten on March 16, 2009 at 6:15am
Nice work Jason... Now THAT's a boat. Looking really good.
GH

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