Swim platform... looking for sugestions.

[c4jester]

Originally Posted by wjb21ndtown

Using marine foam is the final weight of this thing going to be more or less than a traditional teak platform?

This is the marine board from General Plastics ( link above)
15lb density FR-7115
3/4" 4'x8' sheet 30 lbs.
1" 4'x8' sheet 40 lbs.

20lb density FR-7120
3/4" 4'x8' sheet 40 lbs.
1" 4'x8' sheet 53.33 lbs.

My rough calculations are
60lbs core material (2 x 3/4" sheet TR-7115)
65lbs resin (approx 7 to 8 gals resin at 8lbs/gal)
25lbs fiberglass cloth (approx)
80lbs brackets (8 x 10lbs each)

total weight 230lbs +-15%...
This should be a close weight for this platform, and on this big of boat, I dont beleive it will be any problems.

As far as comparison to a teak deck, I am not sure of the weight for a teak deck.

[c4jester]

Another question.... I ran into someone who has done fiberglass in the past, and they asked me why I just don't use an inexpensive chop gun, and use a spool of fiberglass?

I have found a gun, and have seen others. http://cgi.ebay.com/Fiberglass-Chopp...item3a53a77480

And the fiberglass filament seems to be much less exspensive...

Would this be a better idea, or not??

Again, thanks a ton.