At the Nationals we decided that we had taken Pocket Rocket about as far as we could, and we fancied a new challenge. I liked the look of A&E and thaught that Clive's inovative build method would allow for a quick build. So after talking to Clive and him offering me the use of his mould I decided to order all the bits and build a new boat. Many thanks to Clive for the use of the mould and for letting me build his design.
I ordered the prelaminated, and waterjet cut panels from Fibre Fusion (
https://www.fibrefusion.com/) which will make up the majority of the boat, and also some plain foam panels which fit on the mould to make the hull.
I started the build with a trip to the south coast to pick up the mould, and had also aranged to do the initial layup of the hull with Nick's help at his place. Doing a big laminating job is hard on your own, so some extra help and advice was much apreciated.
Some photos below of the mould prep and first layer of Carbon.
I was originally planning to do both layers of skin over the weekend however as we finished laminating the first bit at 4am the slow cure resin was still green in the morning. So we would have needed to wait most of the day before we could do any more.
Decided instead to let it cure on the road and headed back up the road with the hull all wrapped up. The last picture is it all wrapped up in it's new home for the rest of the build.