The sides are glassed, 12m2 of glass (2 strips of 5x1.26m) took 6kg of resin. That includes the extra for peel ply, whatever soaked into the wood and whatever I wasted. Took about 2-3 hours per side for 2 people to do. But it did come out nicely. I used thin West System foam rollers (used up 3 of them), a fin roller and some squeegees for application.
After doing one side I noticed something funky: an orange peel like texture in some places, not related to the nylon stitching of the fabric which also leaves some texture. A mystery, maybe something in the plywood substrate, maybe some fin roller artefact... All to be taken care of during fairing. Whenever that will be.
And here both sides done:
Tomorrow the bottom, the transom and the extra piece in the middle to add a little bit more reinforcement to the keel/shroud attachment points. Probably not needed, but I will sleep better given the fact that I am erring on the lower end of the allowed plywood density - but then also the additional weight of such a reinforcement will not be a problem...
tot morgen.
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