I had been waiting all week (with trepidation) to lay up the cowl.
Time frame on Sat/Sun was going to be iffy. This was not something I wanted to be rushed or interrupted.
So I thought nobody ever needs me In the late PM early AM. So I went to work on it right after dinner. Finished up a t 3:15 AM.
When I got everything set up and started laying the glass. I was having difficulty getting the glass to lay in that tight crevice at the nose.
My first thought was, "this was going to be one giant mulligan !" (that's the rated "G" suitable for all audiences version). All positive vibes left the room and Capt Lucky was in the Bahamas on vacation.
This is when you have to think like Winston Churchill. "Never give up,Never surrender," So I pressed on.
Once I got the second layer of cloth down things felt a lot better and the negative vibes faded. Hope began to spring
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I started with the nose with quarter donut shaped cloth. Laying one quadrant at a time over lapping the edges. This ran about 2 inches up the side also. Then wrapped the wall with one continuous layer of cloth this overlapping the donuts at the nose. This completed the first layer.
I then laid 8 inch bands at 45 degrees from the opening all the way down covering every thing, all edges overlapping. Then did another layer of 1/4 donuts in the nose ring, then another complete wrap of the cowl wall.
Everything got 3 layers of 6 oz with extra where it overlapped.
This was the major blemish. Considering the trouble I had getting the cloth lay down here, I AM ELATED
A Little bondo will make this go away in short order. The rest of that edge is solid.
This cowl is huge !!!. The circumference is 48 inches.
The shoe is on top to give perspective. That is a size 10 shoe.
The front wring is stout as all get out. The rear opening is a little more flexible than I would like. I will probably run a band of CF around to opening to stiffen it up.
I am very happy with the result.
Kevin