After much debate on which boat to build, what with the F-22 plans getting closer and closer to completion, I went to the Post Office during my lunch break and shipped the F-82 plans to New Zealand. Ian will send me what has been completed of the F-22 plans as soon as he receives them.
A big thanks goes out to Steve G from the Multihull Boatbuilder group for letting me check out his progress and watching a resin infusion take place. The panel that he did today was 8ft x 20ft with 50oz of fabric – not exactly a small piece – and it took just over an hour to completely infuse.
I definitely learned a lot today, and it makes this whole procedure seem less “black magic” and more practical – espicially for someone building without much help.
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I put a question out to the F-Boat list and received a number of good replies on the subject (one of them mentioning a lower-cost alternative that I had placed by the way-side because it wasn’t a big name). I received the following from Ian Farrier regarding my question… it’s nice to know that I’m worrying about, basically, nothing.. 🙂
The question of the day, however, is what properties are “good” for a boat?
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