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Re: S&G: tape and/or cloth?
By:vk1nf
Date: 6/13/2009, 6:16 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: tape and/or cloth? (Dave Houser)

In doing the VOLSKAKAYK, we usually just tape the seams inside and out, and glass the cockpit floor. The hull does get multiple coats of epoxy resin - four outside, three inside - and I lay an extra strip of tape the length of the keelline to help protect against chafe and abrasion. After eight seasons, my first VK is still going strong...

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S&G: tape and/or cloth?
Craig Robinson -- 6/13/2009, 1:54 am
Re: S&G: tape and/or cloth?
Alex Ferguson -- 6/13/2009, 7:16 am
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Bris Paul -- 6/13/2009, 7:54 pm
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Craig Robinson -- 6/15/2009, 3:11 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 6/14/2009, 6:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/15/2009, 12:27 am
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Craig Robinson -- 6/15/2009, 3:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/16/2009, 1:37 am
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Dave Houser -- 6/13/2009, 3:07 am
Re: S&G: tape and/or cloth?
vk1nf -- 6/13/2009, 6:16 am