Cootacraft boats built in mallacoota victoria. i personally think these boats are one of.....if not some of the best built.."old school"..fibreglass/lay-ups in the country.. Following is a summary of the layup schedule for a 70ft x 14ft x 5ft, 56 ton longliner. the vessel is long and lean with moderate d/l, but the scantlings seem a bit light for a vessel for open ocean work.. Choosing laminants for wet layup. in a wet layup, a laminant is the reinforcement material, a laminate is a single laminant layer saturated with resin, a composite laminate is multiple combined layers of laminants and resin (known as a laminate stack), and resin is the "glue" that holds it all together..
The layers go down one on top of the next, with little rolling other than wetting out the glass (this will remove much of the air), once all the layers are down you start to seriously roll out the air.. Fiberglass and foam lay-up posted on august 28, 2013 by by don after making the mold modifications needed to vacuum bag and infuse the resin, we’re now cutting out the templates to be used for cutting the foam and the fibreglass.. Fiberglass is used to build boats for many reasons. chief among these are its durability, but also its easy to repair. you can patch boat holes in an afternoon and fiberglass a boat in just a couple of days. this article covers how to fiberglass a boat using epoxy resin. prepare the boat for fiber.
