Brad

Ray, on this page http://tinyurl.com/2583pd Graham says: "You might find the spar tops interesting. The best strength to weight ratio we could find was thin wall birdsmouth wood with carbon braid on the outside. The mainmast top weighed 7# 3 ounces for 10' long and 3 1/4" dia. tapering to 2". We could find commercially made all carbon spars at just over 1# per foot."

What's the advantage of a birdsmouth/carbon fiber upper mast section? Graham's finished weight was slightly over 0.7#/ft. The 2" and 2.5" O.D. 0.065" wall upper sections recommended for the CS20 weigh 0.47 and 0.59 #/ft. so it can't be weight.

That's a lot of stitching. Over fourhundredfifty using 6" spacing.

1. The page titled "Hull Interior Construction Plan" shows the DWL 30 1/8" below the top of the bow and 19 1/2" below the top of the transom. I subtracted the transom from the bow and put the bow 10 5/8" higher above the floor than the transom. 2. I used the 2/3 wood flour and 1/3 cabosil mix Devlin recommends. The cabosil in the mix seems to make a smoother fillet than wood flour only.

Not a web log but it's a big plywood boat. http://tinyurl.com/y82kmj http://tinyurl.com/y7npgw

Dual purpose floats?

Here's one.

Wimmin

These work well and I'm guessing this is what PAR is talking about. Buffer http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail.asp?productID=173 Abrasive disc http://multimedia.mmm.com/mws/mediawebserver.dyn?6666660Zjcf6lVs6EVs6667GSc7rrrrQ- You could probably get some heavy duty 60 grit discs, similar to those above, for your sander and do the job.

Here's a link comparing the Telefles push pull vs cable pull pull. http://www.stewartfam.net/arlyn/steeringcable.html

Click on this link http://www.watertribe.com/ChallengeViewer/default.aspx then go down the list to "Chief - Roo & F3 at Flamingo."

Click on this link http://www.watertribe.com/ChallengeViewer/default.aspx then go down the list to "Chief - Roo & F3 at Flamingo."

http://www.masepoxies.com/

Scroll down to about mid page

Raka http://www.raka.com/FiberglassCloth.html