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I like the strap idea ! But there are flaws with everything. Adding rows of strips, even if you placed 5 strips, in ready to glue...

You make some really good points, Brian! I had considered some of these, like recurved tumblehome making it useless, but it's funny how...

I probably had my garage at 65 F for the job. I preheated the shop overnight with the baseboard and 2 space heaters to ensure it was at...

I found glassing in the middle of Winter, was a pain. Nothing like a July glass job. Cold and epoxy don't mix. How warm was your shop...

These are to me the most stressful days it the build proces. I hope you can realx now be very proud on this achievement. And have...

The fill coat helped a fair bit even if you can't tell in the pictures.

When setting up for glassing I used foam cradles out near the stems where the boat is already tough. I didn’t want to risk the hull...

Stripperguy, I really appreciate you taking the time to dig out those pictures. They help a lot. Mem, you keep calling your work...

Well, I just went out to the garage to measure the decks and bulkheads in my carbon copy Kite. Haha, the trick's on me!! I don't have...

Nick Schade has a good repair video. Hull Repair Jim

I found the thread, on how I build my Flotation chambers. It's in my Nokomis build thread. Sorry for the Photobucket interference ...

OK Bulkheads or not ? Stripp[ers will float, when filled with water. push down on them with little pressure. They will sink, and take...

Gamma, the masking is for the fillet joint. I find it helps keep the mess to a minimum but more importantly it acts as a guide to get a...

Got the fillet joints done and the seal coat completed. I used my wife's icing bags and the disposable wooden spoon again for the...

Unfortunately that seems to be the largest part of the puzzle and the only one that can't be purchased. Alan