Morgan Ohlson wrote:

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:34:51 -0500, Jack Rogers wrote:

Hello--

I'm building an optimist dinghy for my son out of okoume plywood. He'll
be racing it, so its important that the boat come out at the class
minimum weight. Can anybody recommend a glass tape (and supplier) to use
on the seams? I want something light weight that won't soak up a bunch
of epoxy. This is a tiny boat (7.5 ft) sailed by kids, so loads are
relatively light.

Thanks for any advice!

Jack


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use 3 inch wide tape - let the weave of the cloth show thru instead of trying
to 'hide' the cloth weave with coat after coat of epoxy...

I've also just taped the outside of similar small boats and left the inside
untaped (but still smoothed with a fillet of thickened epoxy).

paul oman
www.epoxyproducts.com/marine.html