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Re: Seeking: Carbon Fiber Cockpit/Coaming
By:John Abercrombie
Date: 6/28/2012, 2:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Seeking: Carbon Fiber Cockpit/Coaming (Robert l)

: One Ocean Kayak has a pretty good write up on how to build a carbon
: coaming.
Yes.
Notice that the OneOcean method uses a coaming 'lip' fastened to a wood riser.
This is similar to the method used in commercial glass boats where the lip is fastened to a riser which is part of the deck molding.

It's also possible to do a 'wrap-around' coaming using foam as a former and wrapping the glass/carbon under the deck - i.e. one piece lip and riser.
I've done that on a couple of boats now- one a retrofit to an OuterIsland (I removed the wood coaming which looked great but didn't 'grip' the sprayskirt very well) and the other to the not-joined deck of a Brit-style build.
I think I found the method & layup schedule at Bjorn's website, but I can't find it now.
Foam former, with the edge of the former that meets the cockpit deck edge rounded over with a router. Foam covered in packing tape.
After I attached the foam to the deck, I filled the gap (where the foam was rounded) with epoxy/silica.
Then laid on the glass and carbon layers by hand. As I recall, it was 6oz glass-carbon- 4-6 more layers of glass- carbon-glass. Covering the carbon with glass helps protect against sanding through to the carbon. On the OuterIsland, I laid on more clear epoxy and then wet-sanded smooth.
If the deck/hull are already joined, it's a bit awkward cleaning up the under-deck area, so if you are worried about people using an inspection mirror to check your work you'll need to paint the underside of the deck! ;-)

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Seeking: Carbon Fiber Cockpit/Coaming
danperry -- 6/27/2012, 10:46 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 12:32 am
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Erik -- 6/28/2012, 2:35 am
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 7:40 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/28/2012, 9:18 am
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 10:08 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/28/2012, 11:02 am
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 12:10 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 1:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2012, 2:12 am
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Robert l -- 6/28/2012, 1:28 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 1:32 pm
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Robert l -- 6/28/2012, 1:35 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 3:34 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 2:28 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 3:43 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 6/28/2012, 3:54 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 4:35 pm
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Eric Mattison -- 6/28/2012, 4:24 pm
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danperry -- 6/28/2012, 5:51 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 6/28/2012, 9:27 pm
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danperry -- 6/29/2012, 11:23 pm
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mick allen -- 6/28/2012, 4:29 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/28/2012, 11:19 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 6/29/2012, 1:50 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/29/2012, 4:59 pm
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Bryan K -- 6/29/2012, 2:49 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/29/2012, 5:13 pm
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Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 8:22 am
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danperry -- 6/29/2012, 11:02 pm
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Bryan K -- 7/2/2012, 8:20 am
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danperry -- 7/2/2012, 6:08 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/2/2012, 7:29 pm
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danperry -- 7/2/2012, 7:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2012, 1:03 am