: Hi Dave

: Congratulations on the wedding, that is a good excuse to delay! We
: moved house and our new house has no garage, so I have to travel
: to work on it now. Not too far (15min each way) but makes it
: hard to do a little here and a little there.

: We're in Christchurch, New Zealand. 7.1 magnitude earthquake here
: last weekend. A lot of infrastructure damage and quite a lot of
: mostly superficial damage to older masonry buildings. But no
: loss of life fortunately.

: The Haiti earthquake was basically the same as the Haiti earthquake
: that levelled Port au Prince and killed 200,000 - same
: magnitude, proximity to the city and depth. Fortunately we live
: in a first-world city with a far lower population density,
: earthquake building regulations, and it occurred before dawn on
: a Saturday morning.

: Your questions:
: * Layup: I used plain 6oz glass. 4oz is nearly twice the price
: here. I made the stupid mistake of putting a 3" tape along
: the keel *under* the main layer of cloth, despite having read
: advice to the contrary many times. I was nervous about using the
: full layer of cloth on my first attempt, but too impatient to
: test on scraps, and in my haste didn't think of the consequence
: of using the tape under the main layer. Still it's just a line
: and a soft ridge along the keel, and it's on the hull so not
: really noticeable, and part of the story now.

: I only used one layer of 6oz, plus the tape. Most advice I have
: read says to use a double layer on the hull below the chine. I
: didn't bother this time around because I'm not expecting to run
: up on stony beaches and well maybe I'll regret not doing it
: later. We'll see. But by golly having 6oz inside and out makes
: the hull incredibly stiff.

: I used West 105 resin and 207 hardener. I bought a 4 litre (1 US
: gallon) pack of the resin. It's almost all gone having glassed
: the hull inside and out, and the deck outside. So I'm going to
: need more for the deck inside and remaining epoxy work. If I had
: used a squeegee instead of rollers I am sure that would have
: saved a lot of resin, hate to think how much has been thrown
: out. For the deck inside I'll use the standard 206 hardener
: since it's not such a big deal to get a clear finish and it's a
: lot cheaper than the 207.

: More detail here:
:
: http://ianjohnsonz.wordpress.com/category/guillemot-kayak/6-glassing/

You will definately use more resin on the first boat than you'll use on any other. Takes some time to gain experience.

Bill H.