by greerdr » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:04 pm
I recently(haven't sailed vs others yet) built a Hartman boat.He has a lip on the top of the hull.I roughed this well with 150 open grit and after putting in cross-members to proper beam measurments and having the boat ready to sail-and this is HUGE-make sure you like your ballast position,forward turning-block,aft elastic block,rudder set-up...this is discussed at length in building section.tape the hull to deck and try it out.I then covered and taped the interior of the hull with all it's "stuff". I taped and covered the outside hull.I mixed chopped fiberglas fiber (2oz)in West system epoxy to a thickness like toothpaste applied it to the lip and put saran-wrap over the deck and then piled every magazine in my house then my tool-box and let it sit for a day.Sand the edges carefully and it sould be great.
R.C.Greer