tips for glassing over foam? (The Butterball cont.)

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Paul W

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In my layout boat building endeavors-to-be I have considered making a foam core layout. this is ENTIRELY "spitballing"

That said, let's continue

I am considering utilizing a mixture of foam and wood in my next boat project, allowing me to make some crazy curves I couldn't do in ply without going all "Phil" on it and doing kerf cuts etc. I am hoping to make the "shell" this boat largely out of foam by filling all gaps in the main skeletal supports made of ply or lumber. And hey, that way when It breaks and sinks, at least I can hang on and float until hypothermia gets me. (or.... I'm rescued by the tender)

I have lots of leftover of the same glass I used on the bluebill (8oz I think) and plan to use epoxy resin from US composites once again.

Basically a plywood gunners box, with a plywood "floor" supporting all foam from underneath, and supports spanning and supporting that joint from the "box" to the wooden floor.

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Paul
They do make boats with foam board. I'm not sure what it's called.
The other solution would be to strip plank it, like they do with kayaks.
The strip planking may be lighter weight wise. Not sure if one would be better than the other.
 
Paul
They do make boats with foam board. I'm not sure what it's called.
The other solution would be to strip plank it, like they do with kayaks.
The strip planking may be lighter weight wise. Not sure if one would be better than the other.
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Thanks for the idea, I am planning on using the high density blue board foam.
 
seems like a great idea to me. I've made a few surfboards....don't see why the same concept wouldn't transfer to a little boat. Would sure be an easy way to build a boat! Does anyone know how the boat in the pictures above turned out? Did it work? Any more pictures of it? In action perhaps?
 
Paul, you may want to look into "burlapping" it instead of glassing? hehehehhehehehehehehehehheahahahhahahahahahahahaha
 
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