Inside layers of glass

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We now place two layers of 10 oz. unidirectional glass, 90 degrees to each other like we did on the outside of the panel. We do not cover the whole panel with glass on the inside as the lower portion, the keel area, is formed later to make a fair round bottom on the hull. This first layer has the strands running from the deck edge radius former towards the keel area as far as the line we saw Steve make on the foam.

Our second layer runs from the stem to the stern and is trimmed to the same line as the other layer.

Here we are. Gel coat on the bottom, two layers of glass, one layer of foam, and the final two layers of glass. Now it is time to bag this puppy.

One of the great things about this method of hull building is you can take as much time as you like. We had a bunch of people working on this panel and got it put together is short order, but if you were working alone, it will take longer. It does not matter. There are no time constraints until you let the resin into the panel. You can fix mistakes, make changes, reassemble the whole panel, there is no pressure.