The Great Mississippi River Race for
Rett Syndrome, May 2001


Building the Double Helix
Fiberglass/Carbon Fiber, Second page of Two



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A sealing coat of epoxy added.

 

The carbon fiber cloth is rolled into position.....

 

And wetted out with epoxy. Unlike the fiberglass cloth, this isn't as easy to see if this material is saturated since it stays black. The reflection of bright lights off the material's surface was used to see if the material affixed to the hull.

The deck is then placed back on the hull, protected with plastic sheets.

 

 

After the deck's outside is fiber glassed, a series of vertical wooden strips are added for the cockpit's rim. These are then affixed with fiberglass cloth.

 

The deck is turned over and its interior done with carbon fiber. Then, additional fiberglass stips are used to secure the cockpit rims.

 

Many clamps were used to bend and epoxy in thin strips of Yellow Heart and Red Blood around the cockpit rims.


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