Dave bagging the thick core in the deck made for a real stiff and structurally sound part in the end.

i can imagine, i would also bet the care you took to lay everything up and the attention to detail like fitting the core also added significantly to structural sound-ness. I can tell ya one thing if i ever run across one of the race hull i'm gonna get me a nice long look on the inside :cool:

quick question about the cores you used. When i build simple parts like hatches, dashes ect. i generally just bond the core wet on wet with ounce and a half mat. Is CoreBond something that is mandatory with performance related dynamic cores? Is it always better to use a bedding compound over placing the core wet with the rest of the lamination?

The usual method was to use Paste like Corebond for bonding the core reason was the shear strength with the phenolic flake filler, Mat is just fine,I had a quick bag system and the schedule called for 3/4 Balsa on two Biaxles (outside) I put the top layer of 1708 in upside down (mat up) Placed the ( coated but wet out) Balsa and dropped the Bag.

I built a few smaller boats, sixteen footers, using two layers of 1708, a layer of mat, 1/2 inch balsa core and two more layers of 1708. Did the entire layup in about six hours all wet on wet. The mold was supplied by the customer and impossible to bag out of so she was saturated but balanced best i could. I was always curious about the advantages of corebond in the system.


These were copys of the old Gar Wood tenders. Had a fiberglass running surface with an all wood super structure. Nothin fancy but a cool little boat when done.

beautiful boat!

That Boat is very cool looking maybe as I get older the traditional stuff looks better and better. Bagging into a paste like corebond be careful with Balsa and high vacuum levels will pull the resin out of the paste and into the wood. The Bonding paste Baltek had was ATC corebond only Tom sent blue tinted BPO with it instead of the Green we use for the foams.Well and the bucket was different also.

You can see by the photos why I liked working with Danny and miss that company.

actually yes i can, its rare that someone gives you the opportunity to really explore the possibilities of your talents and i envy the experience. I really do feel we're privileged that your giving us a first hand account and letting us have look in inside





ok enough butt kiss'in now get some more pics up (tech stuff please) :D

Dave LOL will do, Take care.

That Raceboat on the right Sylvester I have pictures somewhere.