Jim White (and others): A way to glass around the transition from keel to bow, such as you show in a couple of your photos, is to cut a strip of "bias tape" out of a sheet of FG cloth. I lay a 4 foot metal rule diagonally across the cloth (doesn't need to be perfectly at a 45 deg. angle), and use a razor knife to cut a strip of cloth about 3 or 4 inches wide. When you lay this strip along the transition from keel to stem, the diagonal glass threads allow you to get a perfectly smooth layup. A curious thing about this bias tape: if you pull it from the ends, it gets longer and narrower; if you pull it sideways, it gets wider and shorter. Works on interior curves also.
This saves you from having to cut slits or gores in the tape, and obviates any need to grind out unsightly lumps in the glass. It really works.
Love all the pics & stages of build & especially the "Bucket & Chuck it. Love it .Les.
Jim White (and others): A way to glass around the transition from keel to bow, such as you show in a couple of your photos, is to cut a strip of "bias tape" out of a sheet of FG cloth. I lay a 4 foot metal rule diagonally across the cloth (doesn't need to be perfectly at a 45 deg. angle), and use a razor knife to cut a strip of cloth about 3 or 4 inches wide. When you lay this strip along the transition from keel to stem, the diagonal glass threads allow you to get a perfectly smooth layup. A curious thing about this bias tape: if you pull it from the ends, it gets longer and narrower; if you pull it sideways, it gets wider and shorter. Works on interior curves also.
This saves you from having to cut slits or gores in the tape, and obviates any need to grind out unsightly lumps in the glass. It really works.