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No problem tx river rat, disagreements are often followed by enlightenment ... :) Well, I can see that this is not one of our points of disagreement since I agree with this statement. Sorry, you lost me here. I never mentioned any type of cloth other than fiberglass fabric in this thread. So...

Wannabe, You lose the best benefits of fiberglass when you sandwich it in between two layers of plywood. You don't get the best puncture resistance of its being on the inside, and you don't get the abrasion resistance of its being on the outside. This is why, if you're going to use glass at...

Wood -- nature's affordable, low-tech carbon fiber. :)

Funbun, I wet the plywood with epoxy then I lay the glass directly onto the wet epoxy. Then I add more epoxy on top of the glass to make sure it "wets out" properly. Then I let it cure long enough to stiffen up before I add more epoxy to "fill the weave". After this, I let it all cure...

I did this last year. I designed and built an 8 foot long paddle trimaran. I used 1/2 inch thick EPS or expanded polystyrene. This is the cheapest Styrofoam available -- it's the same stuff the cheap white coolers are made of. The boat is very stiff and relatively lightweight for its size...

Hello again everyone, Sorry for the delayed response, I actually thought I was going to be able to get online out at the shop after hauling a computer out there. Little did I know that that was just a dream ... as was my idea of staying out there for only a few days. I did get online, but...

Some of you asked me for Philippine banka boat photographs. I don't have any of my own at the moment, but the ones I found and posted on this page are great examples of Philippine bankas. The first one in bright red is not a very common color, but the others are typical...