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How To Build Fiber Boat

Step by Step How To Build The Best Fiber Boat

Before starting to learn how to create a vessel of fiberglass, we should know in advance which materials will be used :

Materials in used : (more…)

Fiberglass over Wooden Boat – Worth or not?

Fiberglass on New and Old Wooden Boat

There are two dimensions to this question. The first is whether or not to fiberglass over wooden boat in new wooden boat construction. The second is whether or not to fiberglass over an old wooden boat. The first is a common practice in stitch and glue construction. The second is not as common but is sometimes used to extend the life of some older boats that have structural problems.

Technical Procedure Fiberglassing a Wooden Boat

The normal procedure in stitch and glue construction is to glass over all the seams of the boat with fiberglass and epoxy. Then the exterior of the boat is often sheathed in fiberglass. There is nothing wrong with this. The normal technique in stitch and glue construction is to coat all of the wooden boat in epoxy, which effectively completely seals the wooden boat. This stabilizes (more…)

Fiberglass Boat Material and Building

Fiberglassing a Boat using Epoxy Resin

If you have not worked with GLEN-L Poxy-Shield epoxy resins, or you have applied fiberglass before using polyester resins, make sure you read and understand all of the following information before starting any aspect of the job or handling any materials. Epoxy resin works and handles differently from polyester.


ABOUT THE RESIN – RESIN FIBERGLASS

The Poxy-Shield epoxy resin consists of 2 PARTS. These are to be mixed according to the ratios given on the containers; 5 parts A (resin) to 1 part B. (hardener). DO NOT VARY THE RATIOS. Do not add solvents or thinners. Sanding between coats of resin is not absolutely necessary to achieve a bond (although some sanding may be required as will be explained later). Note: Resin without hardener is NEVER used. Always add hardener in (more…)

Build Fiberglass Boat – Fiberglass Boat Building Steps and Materials

Fiberglass Material Composition

Fiberglass material usually used for boat production because of its ability to reuse the female mold as a basis to form a fiberglass boat. The resulting structure of fiberglass boat is strong in tension but often need to also be placed with a weight of many layers of resin-saturated fiberglass or reinforced with wood or foam to provide rigidity.

Fiberglass (Glass-reinforced plastic or GRP) - GRP hull largely free of corrosion, although usually not fireproof. This can be fiberglass solid or sandwich (Cored) type, where the core of balsa, foam or similar material is applied after the outer layer of fiberglass is laid to the mold, but before the inner skin laid.

Glass fiber, core material for building fiberglass boat.

This is similar to the following types, composite, but is not usually classified as a composite, because the core material in this case does not provide much additional strength. Indeed, increased stiffness, which means that less resin and fiberglass cloth (more…)

Indonesian Phinisi Ship Desain and the Building Steps

Most Indonesian know Pinisi Sailing ship is their heritage, but they don’t know the detile about Phinisi Design. Building an Indonesian wooden vessel is a unique sort of adventure.  It is not unusual for someone to surf the web, see the Indonesian ship designs we have created, note their excellent qualities, print a few images off the web show the builders and ask them “can you build one like this…?”  This has occurred several times and those events have been duly noted.

Phinisi Profile skecht – Pinisi ship design by Expert phinisi designer Michael Kasten

The next crazy step is for someone to order ‘Study Plans’ and attempt to do the same.  I’d venture to say that the result will possibly be better than if they had made a drawing in the sand (as is also very common), but nowhere near the calibre of vessel that could have been. (more…)