Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:02:42 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 550714 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:04:35 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.35; envelope-from=Newlan2dl@aol.com Received: from Newlan2dl@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id q.9d.53d94e3b (3924) for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:04:02 -0500 (EST) From: Newlan2dl@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <9d.53d94e3b.2edd6752@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:04:02 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Re: My first layup X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1101794642" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5035 -------------------------------1101794642 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dane Good luck on the plane and the boat. You didn't say what you need to do on the boat but believe me, 300 hours is really easy to use up! I just got through a major redesign and repair of my 37' all carbon boat and I actually spent more time in the repair than when I first built it, (2650 hrs vs. 2850 rounding off). Having built many, MANY boats, (and having designed and raced them), I can tell you that composite construction is basically easy but there are a tremendous number of tricks and that the decision on many things is not how to do some task but selecting from the myraid ways of doing them like mold/no mold/throw away foam plug, wood plug, etc. But it is all fun and if the goal is to enjoy the building and ending up with an airplane, you'll have a great time. Dan Newland -------------------------------1101794642 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Dane

Good luck on the plane and the boat. You didn't say what you need= to do on the boat but believe me, 300 hours is really easy to use up! = I just got through a major redesign and repair of my 37' all carbon boat an= d I actually spent more time in the repair than when I first built it, (2650= hrs vs. 2850 rounding off). Having built many, MANY boats, (and having desi= gned and raced them), I can tell you that composite construction is bas= ically easy but there are a tremendous number of tricks and that the decisio= n on many things is not how to do some task but selecting from the myraid wa= ys of doing them like mold/no mold/throw away foam plug, wood plug, etc.

But it is all fun and if the goal is to enjoy the building and ending u= p with an airplane, you'll have a great time.

Dan Newland

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