Fibreglass on the forward deck

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Fibreglass on the forward deck

Postby SMHolmans on Thu Jun 04, 2020 12:44 pm

Hi all. How many layers of fibreglass cloth do builders apply to the forward deck, please?

Thanks!
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Re: Fibreglass on the forward deck

Postby riverron on Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:39 pm

I put one layer on both sides to stiffen it up some.

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Re: Fibreglass on the forward deck

Postby mark48 on Sat Jun 06, 2020 10:48 am

Hi,

I put several layers on reasoning that the forward deck might take rough wear, standing on it to raise the mast, storing an anchor there, etc.

All the best,
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Re: Fibreglass on the forward deck

Postby SMHolmans on Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:47 pm

Thanks Mark. I thought the same as you … I'm going to add three layers and see how strong it feels.
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