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@FarWest: welcome to the board. I can understand the frustration with your wind issues, as I'm in a similar situation hull-wise myself at the moment. I have to say that it sounds like you are a tough paddler. @FrozenTripper: to add to the numbers game, I just pulled some resistance estimates...

When I get my shop situation figured out to (partial) satisfaction?....? I'm not keen on a 45 min drive every time I work on a build, and I am having a hard time finding space to rent nearby. I'm glad you like the sweep. I just realized that the 29" max beam is only 3" narrower than my...

I will certainly keep that in mind! That, or a yard of Xynole is not that much, if I buy at the same time as my resin.

I may go with that.... Jim Dodd, how well would you think fleece would take to being green-trimmed? I'm thinking of masking off an area, laying the fleece so that it overlaps, and then trimming to the mask line with a razor knife before full cure. I'd probably use wysedav's chalk-colored epoxy...

That matches my measurement as well. I've gone back and checked - my tandem is 12.5" deep midships. Would you expect me to have issues with the lessened sheer? I can smooth out the sweep if I have to at just about any height, though right now, everything just seems to "flow." Hopefully, it...

@Mike McCrea Did anyone else look at this stuff and go "Custom float bags/Ballast bags?"

I was targeting something in the 180#-200# range at the three-inch waterline. This would be a light build, shooting for about 30# for the hull weight. Add sheer? Where along the hull were you thinking? I dropped the stem sheer to 15" rather than the 17" that I started with, perhaps that is a...

I just let the auto-upgrade run last week, I'm on 9.12 (303). Delftship seems to be one of those programs that does not care much about format compatibility....

On a similar subject, has anyone done side-by-side comparisons of Dynel vs Xynole vs cheap polyester fleece for a skid plate? Assume peel-ply over the surface, and appropriate cover coloration.

The more I look at it, the more that I want to give some 120 cloth a try. ThayerCraft currently has a 100 yd roll for sale. I contacted him, asking about possibilities for smaller quantities... and sort of got laughed at. I think that he was having a rough day, And based on some of his comments...

Thanks for the thoughts. Sorry that I have not responded sooner. I've had stuff just go nuts - spent two weeks training into a new job (second in three months) and the weather has been nice, so I didn't want to spend it all in front of a computer. @Muskrat: I suspect that part of stability...

I'm sort of swinging the other way on this. All of my hulls have been symmetrical, and I'm now considering an asymmetric design. Like you say, want to see how the other side lives. I'm looking forward to reports about how this one handles.

Hmmm... I can't really see issues in the "right" side of the pictures. The side that was pressed into the plastic will always have that texture, just face it down. I'm not surprised that the sanding went fast, as carbon is not very abrasion resistant. Most carbon hulls that I have seen have a...

Looking nice. Sorry the composite build didn't work out. Hope that you get another chance at it.

I think that he meant that he had already ordered the peel-ply along with the tape... you can treat liner fabric with silicone surface lubricant spray for an easier release..

It should. The dull finish is just surface roughness, which is expected at this stage. Once the fill coats are in, and looking nice and glossy, You'd want to finish sand with fine sandpaper. (It will dull again) Then apply a UV-resistant topcoat. (If you have never looked for one before, Minwax...

Don't forget the Northern Pike... :) A few years ago, the big local story was about a city dude in a rental canoe that accidentally caught a large pike by dangling his foot over the side. He and his buddy took the fish in to the hospital, (They thought that maybe it should be tested for...

More stuff to think about.... Jim Dodd I've tried sitting on the bottom, and even with back support, its just not my thing. I like to be about 3-4 inches off the bottom at minimum. Perhaps this is due to the sheer height that I've been dealing with. I wouldn't be kneeling to lower my Center of...

Ohh, Dear... Perfectly survivable. I concur with everyone else so far. I would add that you might want to give the hull some gentle, all-over flexing, just to make sure that there are not any other spots that are thinking about doing this. Make sure that you cut out the existing ones first, so...

Alan, I hear you regarding the tall seat on the wildfire. The flashfire that I demoed was the same, and I've only got size 8! I've always thought that your pedestal seats were very neat and crisply done. I suspect that you could produce and sell them if you wished. I do have a couple of...