Griff

Cool boat!!! For a Fountain

I never knew you could use any gel over epoxy. I had always heard that gel didn't stick/bond to epoxy.

buck35

So.. is the epoxy stronger or lighter, both , neither, I new it was pretty unique when I first saw it .I guess more than I thought.

tommymonza

You couldn't live in a better place to own a black boat though. Here in Florida I could use it 3 times a year

Am I only seeing a single front seat ?

buck35

Just a poor angle, seats 5 comfortably.
It barely got below 100 the month of July, but its small enough that there's no reason burn your feet off on the bow.

glassdave

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epoxy gives the highest elongation but a good VE isnt that far behind. VE is epoxy but suspended in a styrene matrix (or something to that affect)

glassdave

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epoxy isnt lighter by volume but it allows you to take advantage of much higher physicals and build lighter and stronger at the same time. That is pretty cool that is a unique boat.

JRider

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looks like you have a rare boat!

buck35

Yes indeed, thank you. One of my the.cool things about it and I'm not sure if it was intended or a flaw is the layup underneath kind of shines through giving a faceted look although the surface itself is very smooth.

glassdave

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that is whats known as "print through" and one of the good tell tales that it is an epoxy layup that was done properly (for that time period). Epoxy layups dont use mat or gelcoat in the stack and therefore dont have much along the way of print control, through time the fine surface fabric will show through the surface due to thermal cycling. I'm actually wondering now if your boat may have been done at Skater, its just a thought but Fountain was known to have a special project or two done in Douglas Mi

buck35

Thanks Dave!
And thank you Cole for pointing it out for my on r3s Facebook page.