With the summer sailing season coming to a close, I have been looking forward to the joys of cool weather sailing. I enjoyed watching Sam Holmes make his hard dodger and thought that would be useful even if I don't sail to Scotland.
With carbon fiber scraps from my SUP work, I began to build a composite dodger.
First, I roughed in the shaped with green 1 inch construction foam. This was sanded and formed and eventually laminated inside and out with 2 layers of 6 oz CF. Additional 10 oz cloth was added on the vertical legs and 3 inch glass tape was incorporated around the bottom edge and around the port light openings. Here are some photos...
 The finished dodger. 
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| After fairing and primer, before glazing. The tung depressers are temporary. They will be used to support the Lexan as the bonding DOW 795 sets. |
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| The dodger before fairing and Lexan. |
