Once the gelcoat has been sprayed into the hull mold the lamination process can begin. Danny has delivered the pre-cut E-glass to the mold room.
Here’s another image of Danny’s inventory of E-glass. We use several different structural specifications which the laminate engineer has designated for different sections of the part.
Danny has also cut to shape the coring materials which we use in our hull bottom and topsides. Sabre uses Divinycell which is a PVC foam core. We prefer foam to other coring materials as it cannot absorb water and create issues for the owner several years down the line. Our foam is vacuum bagged into the hull laminate using a large plastic "bag" which covers the entire area to be bagged. Vacuum pressure is then applied to the bag and the pressure bonds the foam to the exterior fiberglass layers using a Diab proprietary putty called Divlet putty.
Now that the foam is bagged to the outer laminate the associates continue to laminate more structural E-glass to the inside of the core, creating a foam sandwich. Note we use solid glass at all through hull locations and along the "spine" of the hull.
I’ll talk about the advantages of coring in the next post.
