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Re: Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange
By:john faas
Date: 8/18/2010, 11:17 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange (Paul MacIntyre)

: Hey thanks for the response, but time isn't the issue, it's allways
: faster to get it right the first time. I guess I'm wondering how
: others have attached the coaming flange. I've used epoxy on
: other boats but this time I wanted to try sewing.

: Paul
I just finished an F1 in a class. We sewed on the coaming with 2 inch o.c. holes. Once we had gone around in one direction, we went around the other way. From both side you see a line of thread that does not have any gaps. Does that make sense? It has held up for a week, the total time I have been using the boat. It seems to me that SOF has a lot of points in its favor. A sub-30 pound boat is a lot easier to get on the top of a car.

Enjoy the fruit of your labor.
Pardon the typing--not encough coffee yet.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange
Paul MacIntyre -- 8/17/2010, 11:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2010, 12:20 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange
Mike Savage -- 8/18/2010, 9:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/18/2010, 5:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange
Paul MacIntyre -- 8/18/2010, 7:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sewing on coaming flange
john faas -- 8/18/2010, 11:17 am