
1. Molds waxed &
ready to gelcoat |
2. Gelcoating the molds |
3. Molds gelcoated
and drying |
4. Applying the first layer of fiberglass |
5. Wetting out matte
with resin |
6. Placing woven
roven over matte |
7. Placing Spheretex® synthetic reinforcement in boat |
8. Wetting Out Spheretex® with resin |
9. Placing fiberglass matte over
Spheretex®
reinforcement |
10. Spheretex® sandwiched between layers of glass |
11. Groover rolling finished laminate to remove air and press
laminate together |
12. Placing handles, tow holes, and closed cell foam seats in boat
before fiber glassing them in Place |
13. Placing fiberglass over seats and fiber glassing handles |
14. Glasswork on hull finished and drying before wet trimming |
15. Driving plastic wedges around hull's gunwale to break it free
from mold. |
16. Removing finished hull from mold. It is now ready for interior
painting |
17. The pirogue is then splatter-painted |
18. Filling rails
with adhesive composed of resin and milled fibers
(goop) |
19. Attaching Cypress gunwales to pirogue |

20. Finished Boats Shipping
Time!
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