As a pre-step to laminating the hull I added a little filler at the border of the glass-bands to get an even surface. The bands are quite thick and I didn’t want to risk getting air bubbles under the laminate.
We need 3 layers of 360gr cloth. The Idea is to start at the back and move forward with every cloth width by 30cm. So we are sure to get at least three layers everywhere. I drew lines across the hull every 30cm to get it right.
Then we started laminating. First we did the transom and the first two strips of glass (1/3 and 2/3 of the cloth width) around the hull and covered everything with peel-ply.
A few days later we continued. We got to about halfway (evening always comes too soon).
We had to work quickly, because we use a resin with fast hardener (west system 105 with hardener 205). We have to use a fast hardener because of the low temperature in our shed (12-15°C), most other resins need higher temperatures to cure well.
Before we continue we just have to remove the last two strips of peel-ply.
