My "Dinghy Vee" Boat

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AndyR

My "Dinghy Vee" Boat

Post by AndyR »

Hi
At the end of september this year, I got an idea to build a simple sail boat
which I will can transport on a roof of my car,
and in october I made what you can see on the pictures
on my website http://netincom.tripod.com
Boat is painted using two component epoxy primer
- dark red outside and gray inside.
Because of the weather I had to freeze painting until spring,
when I will have to lighty rub the boat with glasspaper
and paint again on... white color I think.
Also I have to build a mast, centerboard, helm, order a sail, etc...
There is still a lot of things to do.

Greetings,
Andy R. from Poland
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Post by Kayak Jack »

Hi, Andy. What I can see looks nice. Question - do you think that any UVA or UVB is coming through that fibreglass covering?

Last time I tried sailing a small pram like that, I was becalmed. Ended up quitting and going to have a beer.
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UV

Post by AndyR »

Sorry for delay with answer.

Primer I have/had used (you mean fibreglass covering?)
have not UV radiation filter (color will be fade out on sunlight)
bcause this is only primer, not main colour.
Anyway, I have to paint the boat again.
I do not want white color inside boat because of sunlight reflection
and I will try to mix beige color for painting inside.

If we are talking about beer... I used on building one liter of beer
on one liter of resin. Total: 9l of resin and 9l of beer.
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Post by Kayak Jack »

Actually, I was asking about UV coming through the fibreglass roofing panels. Maybe I'm just being overly detailed.
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Post by AndyR »

aha -throught the roof.
I have no idea. Maybe 7 years ago, when I made this roof
and covering was new, UV came.
Today roof is so much dirty that probably no any UV is coming
throught.
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Post by Kayak Jack »

I solved the problem of mean-old-Mr. UV coming through my windows the very same way. Almost no work at all!

.... Now - I'm wondering if dirty clothes are better UV protection than clean ones??? More labor saving safety tips?
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Post by AndyR »

...After brainstorm...
You can go on disco, one time in clean clothes and next time in dirty clothes, and
watch on yourself under UV lamps -if you are shineing, you are safe.
From another hand, you can apply varnish with UV filter like:
"Epifanes Marine Spar Varnish with UV Filters"
on clothes : ) and have certainty you are safe against uv and water. : )
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