Building the 23' V-Bottom Skiff - Episode 16: Fiber-glassing the bottom

It's time to put the final two layers of 1708 fiberglass on our V-Bottom Skiff. This is a very important part of the construction as it was designed with the intention of keeping the look and feel of a classic flat bottom skiff but while adding the strength and rigidity of a fiberglass bottom. We're using TotalBoat 2:1 Epoxy with the slow hardener. The reason for that is because we have such a large area to cover we don't want the epoxy going off on us before we've had a chance to get both pieces of fiberglass fully saturated and on the boat. The other big thing we're out to do it get a nice corner on the edge so I've decided to nail down some battens with plastic in between them to pull the fiberglass down tight around that edge. Stay tuned for our next episodes, we'll be flipping our V-Bottom over and sawing our log to get the keel and more for ORCA! Subscribe to Tips from a Shipwright for more videos Support the effort at www.patreon.com/tipsfromashipwright http://www.tipsfromashipwright.com http://www.facebook.com/tipsfromashipwright http://www.twitter.com/louissauzedde Product links TotalBoat 2:1 High Performance Epoxy https://www.totalboat.com/product/high-performance-21-epoxy-resin/ TotalBoat 2:1 High Performance Medium Hardener https://www.totalboat.com/product/21-medium-hardener/

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