balsa

Hello fellows, i m new to vaccuum bagging, and i want to improve my resin/fiber ratio to save weight on my next strip planked canoe. (see this thread) The usual way is to wet lay outside with the strips still on the stations mold. I try to figure out the right way to vaccuum bag the outside...

Just bought a 60's sailboat with a balsa cored deck. Most of the deck is sound, but i started digging out the few soft spots. Where the fiberglass skin is delaminated, the old balsa has basically been reduced to powder, obviously rotten. My issue is that as I keep digging, the core still seems...

Strip planked balsa. 5.5kg - 12lbs Was built as a bit of a joke - but lasted lots of years. There is more information about this project on my website. http://members.ozemail.com.au/`storerm Also much information about modern timber boat construction including FAQs etc