This is a Offshore Tug boat project that I started in Dec 2000. It started with a good friend lending me a mold that he made some time ago. I clamped that half's together, waxed and then brushed on the tack layer of epoxy. After the tack layer becomes sticky, chopped fiberglass and epoxy is pressed into the keel and then the first layer of 6 oz fiberglass cloth is layed into the mold. With a 1" brush, epoxy was applied to the dry spots and the glass worked down into the keel. Two more layers of 6 oz cloth are worked into the mold in the same fashion with a few relief cuts made in the compound curves of the bow. A dry paper towel was used to press down and carefully wick up any excess epoxy. After a minimum 24 hour cure time, the mold is carefully seperated from the piece and the hull is trimmed out with a high speed cutting wheel. Any air bubbles that occured were filled with a epoxy/microballon mix and worked to match the hull.

Tack Layer in the mold with chopped glass/resin in the keel

Keel after Fiberglass layup

Top view of hull