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Re: Material: Composite sandwich with foam?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/11/2011, 3:23 pm

: Ah, I see your point. I hadn't considered the weight ratio for the
: skin on the smaller craft.

: Thank you for the info, I'll have to reconsider strip and s&g
: methods.

: -Joe

Btw, I tried this years ago, ended up with a very fragile fairly heavy boat and I've got a fair amount of experience using glass. Was a fun although fairly expensive experiment.

Works great on 20 foot plus sailboats ;)

Bill H.

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Material: Composite sandwich with foam?
Joe Fox -- 2/11/2011, 2:36 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/11/2011, 3:08 pm
Re: Material: Composite sandwich with foam?
Joe Fox -- 2/11/2011, 3:16 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/11/2011, 3:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2011, 3:24 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 2/12/2011, 5:20 am
Re: Material: Composite sandwich with foam?
Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2011, 3:09 pm
Re: Material: Composite sandwich with foam?
Joe Fox -- 2/11/2011, 3:20 pm
Re: Material: Composite sandwich with foam?
Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2011, 3:23 pm
Re: Material: Composite sandwich with foam?
Charlie -- 2/11/2011, 10:25 pm