19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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Awesome, you will be making sawdust soon.


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fortunately the festool sanders at the woodshop have excellent dust collection so I won't have to wear it or breathe it
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Oh my! That's an awesome shop!

great progress!
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Great, you just made us all jealous .....
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Well, it is really the first of it's kind in the country... many different studios (welding, jewelry, fibers, wood, commercial kitchen, glass, etc) under one roof... and it's just a couple miles from our home.
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I am trying to figure out how much glass to buy. How wide? I was thinking 60" wide but would 50" work for this fairly sleek boat? How long for one layer for a 19' 9" boat? I was thinking 7 yards.
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What is the widest circumference of your hull? Measure that, and you'll have the width. With a beam of 33", I'd guess that 50" is wide enough for your hull but it's an easy measurement.

As for length, 7 yards is probably enough, unless you want to add any extra layers in the football (you can probably get enough for extra layers on the bow/stern out of 7 yards). But ignoring any extra layers, one more yard would be even safer.

edit: of course, the 7 yards is only enough for the outside. Inside + outside +1 = 15 yards as a comfortable length.
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Re: 19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition

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7 yards is cutting it pretty close, for one layer outside.
The old rule of thumb, was double the length, plus a yard.

I get by with 50" width cloth, on most of my solos. Measure as Patricks Dad suggests.

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closing up the hull
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chiseled and hand planed the centerline of the bottom of the hull
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late nights at the BARN wood shop
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getting the centerline nice and straight
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Nice job and I like that outside in night shot .... I still want to work in that shop.


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planking complete, staples removed, bow and stern rough trimmed
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