A first skin is then applied. This is to keep the mat from printing through.

 

Core Cell foam is then layed with a vaccum bagging process.

 

After vac bagged, layers of different E glass and Carbon Fiber are layed along with the Penske Board transum.

 

Fberglass Stringers are then installed and more E Glass lay up.

 

Core Cell bulkheads are installed with Corebond and then glassed in.

 

A glassed in bulk head. This particular boat was a Kevlar hull.

 

After being cured and vac locked the hull can be pulled in a few days.

 

Now, the deck mold is prepped and waxed.....

 

First skin.

 

Core Cell applied...

 

Layers of Glass over the Core Cell.

 

Deck part pulled....

 

Finished Deck.

 

Bulkheads are cut and any necessary trim and fit work completed before the hull / deck pre - fit.

 

Pre - Fit.

 

Pleasure Dash waxed and gell applied.....

 

Cabin Door Pre - Fit....

 

This will give you a general idea how this will look.

 

Dave,

Do you have any cockpit measurements?

Brian

 

Hey Brian, I am heading to the shop in a few minutes and I will measure the cockpit area for you. It is not huge but how much room do you have in a Porsche ??? Dave

 

Dang it, I'm to fat to fit in a Porche.

I was just curoius to know if it will have a back seat, and if so will there be room for three to sit comfortably on it.

Brian

 

Hey Brian, I am heading to the shop in a few minutes and I will measure the cockpit area for you. It is not huge but how much room do you have in a Porsche ??? Dave

HAHAHA that reminds me of something. When I was about 13 one of my friends older brothers was given a Porsche 944S2 cab. We were hanging out admiring the "cool older kids" and they started talking about positions you'd have to be in to have sex in that car. If it can be done in a 944, a Z3, or a boxster, it can be done anyplace.

Thanks for the pictorial essay on boat building, it is pretty cool. When building the molds did you use a foam core that was CNC machined?

 

That is a mean looking hull. Nice job.

 

Brian, It has a back seat and it will seat 2 comfortably maybe 3 if you squeeze. The boat only has a 7' beam. This is where you get a great ride in the rough stuff. Here is a pic of the cockpit area where the seat is molded into the part. Again, NO WOOD in this boat at all. Thanks, Dave


Sorry, I can't find the pic but I will snap one and post later. Dave

 

The 39' was a CNC cut mold, a Mike Peters design and VERY expensive !!! But it was then changed. The 29' is all hand tooled. Dave