About my fiberglass repeatedly breaking, from Fred:
You kind of do have to treat your over-large butt-jointed panels like antique glass eggs until they are assembled as a self-reinforcing whole. You might consider adding some trooping sticks to the panels to help with safe handling--long strips of scrap temporarily screwed across the joint.
If you used two or three long strips of your plywood, say 2" x 3', screwed on along the length of the panel, roughly centered on and perpendicular to the joint, you could conceivably leave them in place until the boat is finally put together. The screw holes can be filled later, when the beautification begins.
I will do this. But presumably these stringers will by necessity have to run over the fiberglass. Isn't there a risk of the resin affixing itself to the underside of the stringers, making them difficult to remove after the project has cured?
I will do this tomorrow. I will re-butt-join the sides. And the bottom. For the third time.
This project is starting to make me feel stabby.
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