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![]() wrote: I must be missing something here. A dodger is just a roof. Why all the epoxy and glass? I wouldn't use any glass and just use wood and epoxy for sealing. You should be able to build it in place and wood is alot easier to work with than glass. Either paint it or leave it natural. This is going to be a large, say 12x12 rigid dinghy that will support a solar panel farm. Wood is heavy, wood will rot, and wood is weak when compared to a foam core complete with knitted glass and epoxy skins. The above structure would add a lot of weight high above the water line if made of wood. Just for reference, a 4x8x1/2 sheet of plywood weighs about 42#, while a 4x8x3/4 sheet of Divinycell weighs about 16#-17#. Lew |
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