My adventures and probably misadventures in building "Vertigo" a custom racing sailboat
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Taping the seams
The plywood panels are just glued together with thickened epoxy. The seam (or chine) needs to be reinforced. I'm using 6" fiberglass tape that I put over the seam and then wet out with epoxy resin.
This boat has never been built but what I'm hoping for is that if an old T-bird and a sexy little I550 got together, this boat would be their love child. For more info, check out the history section at the begining of this blog.
The boat is 26' feet long and 8' wide. With it's hard chines and tons of sail area it should go very well to windward--even in light air. I'm planning on a huge asymetrical chute for downwind which with the boats flat botom should get it planing very easily. Hopefully it'll be fast and fun!
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