One of the jobs that I had left for the winter time was to bond the forward sub bulkheads in place. These bulkheads help distribute the bow beam loads into the forward portions of the hulls.
The bulkhead was bedded in with generous fillets and taped in place with 6 inch and 4 inch wide double bias tape backed with stranded mat. Over this, I used 8 inch wide strips of peel ply to smooth all the corners. This bulkhead will also receive a small stiffener laminated with unidirectional glass which will be bonded to the end of the bow beam and continuing downwards onto the sub bulkhead.
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