I was able to finish up the last bits of glass work to complete the hull extension today. I added 2 double layers of Mat + Roving from the inner skin down over the stringer and onto the hull below the stringer. Now the glass on the stringer is nearly 7/16" thick. Big improvement over the 1/8" or less they had over it.
I also finished glassing in the corner, so now there are 3 double layers of Mat + Roving going from the inner skin to the hull at the end of the core. The layers are lapped in the corner so at the corner there are 6 double layers of Mat + Roving.
This is the forward end of the port side hull extension where it tapers down to the original rail. The stairs from the side deck to the sun deck are located here. I added 3 more layers of the Biax cloth + 1 layer of the Mat for a total of 6 layers of the Biax cloth + 2 layers of Mat. Final hull thickness in the area of the extension is better than 3/8" which is what the hull thickness is.
On to the next project.....I was going to reinforce the 4 stringers that start at the outer main stringer and run up the hull to the Horizontal stringer which is where the cored hull starts. But the original work is so poor that I think it will be faster and definitely stronger to just cut them out and start over. They used a very low density foam that was not shaped right, no fillet where it meets the hull, and the glass is very thin.
I have some 1-1/2" medium density foam which I can cut so the sides of the stringer slope at a 45 degree angle down to the hull. They will be much stronger and look a whole lot more professional.
And here I was wondering what I was going to do next.....
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