The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

I'll have to look back on my records, but I think I used a heavy bias woven 4" carbon tape to cover my gunnels, on both my red Kite and the carbon copy. I was very disappointed with the weight associated with those gunnels. IIRC, the tape was .032" thick, which required massive (relatively...

Randy, Thanks for that thorough description of your gunnel (guwale, gunwhale) lamination technique. I love the idea of in place laminating to reproduce the sheer line shape in all planes. Do you recall the foam dimensions and size/weight of the carbon sleeving? On my only composite build, I used a f...

Randy, Was your previous core material scrim cut? In both directions? If so, had you thought of non-scrim cut foam, and heat forming? I remember Jim used sand bags to weigh down his wood cores, that seemed quite effective. I'm currently homeless, sort of, squatting at my daughter's house while MDB (...

Wow, that's a large core!! I used some Cabosil thickened epoxy, squeegeed into place to a penciled in outline. I then layed in the H80 foam, and piled everything I could find to hold the foam in place. Later, I feathered the sharp edge of the foam, and added a single layer (a collection of scraps, a...

Thanks Randy ! Another builder, I know from another site, used 1/8" Divynicel. He thought his insert was just over 1 #. For now I'm content with my wood insert, but will definitely look into foam on my next composite build ! Glad the carbon sleeve worked ! Again Thanks ! Jim I just joined here...