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Start :: Assemble pieces and jig :: Stitching the hull :: Fiberglass outside of hull :: Fairing and priming the outside of the hull :: Building the inside :: Final finishing

Fiberglass outside of hull

The next step is to tape the seams with the Biaxial tape and sheath the entire bottom with the 9 oz wide woven cloth. We highly recommend doing this all in one session using the "wet on wet" method.

Begin by cutting all your tape pieces to length - lay them out all dry before mixing any epoxy.

Lay the wide cloth over the boat, make slits which will allow excess glass to fold flat. You may need additional slits towards the bow to allow the cloth to lay flat and conform around corners.

Remove the dry cloth and tape. Prime the outside of the hull with epoxy. The purpose of the prime coat is to allow the wood to absorb some epoxy. If we did not prime, the wood may wick some epoxy from the fiberglass leaving the laminate starved of resin.

30 minutes later (or when ever the epoxy has become tacky) is the right time to lay your tape onto the seams. Wet out the tape with epoxy

Where multiple layers of biaxial tape overlap (bow and transom), wet out one at layer at a time.

Glassing the bottom with wide cloth is the next step. Your laminate will be cleaner, stronger, and use less epoxy if you wet out the wide cloth while the taped seams are not yet hard. Any excess epoxy from the tape joints will wet out the wide cloth.

Use a spreader to move epoxy over the cloth until it is wet out. While pot life is limited, once the resin is spread on the hull, it will stay workable for quite a long time. Do not over work the epoxy, lightly spread it around, while it wets out the cloth. One the cloth has become transparent, use the spreader to move excess epoxy to dry cloth.

By working wet on wet, your tape and glass job will look similar to this

An optional step that help to save on fairing time is to cover the wet glass with plastic sheeting. Use a spreader over the plastic to squeeze out most of the air bubbles to the edge.

Glassing the outside is complete, next is fairing and priming.

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