Paul & Todd,

It was Pete Roszyk who used this technique. He will be giving a demo of it at the WEST COAST WOODEN KAYAK RENDEZVOUS next Sunday at 10 am.

Mike

: Someone -- I think it was Mike Hanks, but I could be wrong there -- followed
: up on a vague idea of mine to make 1/4 inch thick panels from 1/4 by 3/4
: inch strips, which are edge bonded with glue, sanded flat, and then
: covered on the upper side with a layer of glass cloth and resin. Perhaps
: someone can post a picture of the resulting boat.

: You can use short pieces of strips and just butt them together to make as a
: long panel as you can work. After the resin hardens, you cut your parts
: from these panels as if you were cutting them from plywood. You then
: install the panels with the pre-glassed side on the interior of the boat.
: When you add your glass and resin to the outside you are all done but for
: the finishing.

: Some decks are amde from one wide piece of plywood which is bent over the
: hull in a tapering arch. Other decks are made from two or more panels
: which meet in the dcenter at a reidge or peak, or lead to a rather flat
: center panel. You can probably follow the plans from your S&G boat, but
: substitute a these panels of built-upo strips for your plywood. The effect
: will be that of strip construction, but the method of construction is the
: same as working with plywood.

: Consider using 1/8 or 3/16 inch thick strips with 4 ounce glass instead of
: 3mm or 4 mm plywood.

: Hope this helps.

: PGJ