Trevor33
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Can somebody please tell me if a fiberglass daggerboard is any good or would wood or plastic be better?
fiberglass daggerboard
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Trevor33 said:
It isn't clear exactly what you want to know. Legal daggerboards are either made from wood or a polyurethane foam reinforced with metal rods. We often refer to the latter as the "plastic fantastic".
Fiberglassing a wooden board is legal as well, I believe.
Trevor33
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Do you know how I can build a plastic daggerboard or where I can find out how to build one?
Soggy Bottom Boys
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Dude – You can do it.
Research the Sunfish working design. Look around at other type boats where plastic composite boards are used. Here’s some pointers from the plastic board world. The technique is the same only on a smaller scale. Sorry we can’t be more helpful. Like everyone else we build ours from wood or buy the plastic board from the dealer. If you get a good one you’ll be the man and we’ll all look to you for help making ours.
How To > http://www.surfersteve.com/introduction.htm
Materials > http://www.fiberglasssupply.com
http://www.sfoam.com
http://www.fibreglast.com
Lots of other links > http://www.viser.net/~anthwind/index.shtml
Research the Sunfish working design. Look around at other type boats where plastic composite boards are used. Here’s some pointers from the plastic board world. The technique is the same only on a smaller scale. Sorry we can’t be more helpful. Like everyone else we build ours from wood or buy the plastic board from the dealer. If you get a good one you’ll be the man and we’ll all look to you for help making ours.
How To > http://www.surfersteve.com/introduction.htm
Materials > http://www.fiberglasssupply.com
http://www.sfoam.com
http://www.fibreglast.com
Lots of other links > http://www.viser.net/~anthwind/index.shtml