I would also fiberglass the inside with a lighter weight around all the wood and bond it to the outside layer, kinda like trapping the frame in glass. the boat i want to do is a 1 off that will be rougly 10 ft in length by 4 ft wide.. This wooden boat building video shows my frame/keelson and the beginning of the fairing process. during the making of this boat i decided to stretch it to 22' instead of the original 19'plans.. Carnal sin? fiberglassing a wooden boat. discussion in 'wooden boat building and i could get a newer fiberglass boat but i really like the classic lines and frankly i hate the aesthetic of the new boats. the planking may just need some new fasteners and caulk or some broken frames could need sisters. 'glassing a wooden boat will.
Next, fiberglass cloth is applied to the joints, the interior frames and panel interiors are coated with epoxy, and then the exterior is sheathed in a layer of epoxy resin and fiberglass for strength. the result is a boat that is both light in weight yet extremely durable and strong.. Technique is to simply fiberglass over the wood hull of the boat, essentially sealing out the water and adding the structural strength of the fiberglass to the hull. but this has its downside. on an old boat the wood in the boat is wet. because of the damp, rot has probably infected the wood even though the boat looks sound and is seaworthy.. Cold-molding is a composite method of wooden boat building that uses two or more layers of thin wood, called veneers, oriented in different directions, resulting in a strong monocoque structure, similar to a fibreglass hull but substantially lighter. sometimes composed of a base layer of strip planking followed by multiple veneers..
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