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lookin' good willy...
you guys who used wood,why ? just curious,composites would allow you to save alot of weight,plus,composites last indefinatley...
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Dunno about you guys but I am using wood because the composites are expensive, no one actually knows what composites will look like after 30 years of UV in a boat (haven't been around that long), and the plywood I removed from my 1969 20, especially that stuff that was resin impregnated, is fine. I have a closed cell foam dog house someone gave me, but I am really not happy about compression, compared to ply... let me put it this way... I think I could get a c-clamp to crush the closed cell stuff, even with 2 layers of 1708 on both sides. not sure the same thing happens with 3/4" A/C.
I am using 1/2 lowes arauco instead of balsa for all my recoring efforts or hatches, top caps.
I think epoxy impregnated ply will last longer then the composite stuff. My 2 cents. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Put some epoxy or 5200 in all screw holes and thing should be golden.
Also, I am planning to use a glue gun to stick things together and then fillet and tape seams. Based on technique from ed anderson in San Diego. He uses poly on ply and has really good results. Swears by the glue gun technique.
LASTLY, the extra weight justifies a suzi 300?