On Mar 10, 3:30 am, wrote:
... Kevlar bonds just fine to existing hulls. I know of several boats
that have had this done. It would be better to apply it to the inside
of the the hull, where impacts put the laminate in tension, rather
than the outside (compression) face. ...

Amen. But, having been tangentially involved in a completely
disastrous attempt to bond Kevlar (tm) fabric to PVC foam with epoxy I
strongly advise getting advise from the fabric provider before
bonding. A Method that worked very well with both epoxy and polyester
with stitched glass didn't fly with Kevlar (literally as the structure
was a wing for an ultra-lite). And, yeah, you're right, the stuff
goes all fuzzy if you look at it funny and it kills scissors. Carbon
is less of a pain to work with but you can't use it to armor existing
hulls.

-- Tom.