JEM Watercraft

Hi
At the end of september this year, I got an idea to build a simple sail boat
which I will can transport on a roof of my car,
and in october I made what you can see on the pictures
on my website http://netincom.tripod.com
Boat is painted using two component epoxy primer
- dark red outside and gray inside.
Because of the weather I had to freeze painting until spring,
when I will have to lighty rub the boat with glasspaper
and paint again on... white color I think.
Also I have to build a mast, centerboard, helm, order a sail, etc...
There is still a lot of things to do.

Greetings,
Andy R. from Poland

Hi, Andy. What I can see looks nice. Question - do you think that any UVA or UVB is coming through that fibreglass covering?

Last time I tried sailing a small pram like that, I was becalmed. Ended up quitting and going to have a beer.

Sorry for delay with answer.

Primer I have/had used (you mean fibreglass covering?)
have not UV radiation filter (color will be fade out on sunlight)
bcause this is only primer, not main colour.
Anyway, I have to paint the boat again.
I do not want white color inside boat because of sunlight reflection
and I will try to mix beige color for painting inside.

If we are talking about beer... I used on building one liter of beer
on one liter of resin. Total: 9l of resin and 9l of beer.

Actually, I was asking about UV coming through the fibreglass roofing panels. Maybe I'm just being overly detailed.

aha -throught the roof.
I have no idea. Maybe 7 years ago, when I made this roof
and covering was new, UV came.
Today roof is so much dirty that probably no any UV is coming
throught.

I solved the problem of mean-old-Mr. UV coming through my windows the very same way. Almost no work at all!

.... Now - I'm wondering if dirty clothes are better UV protection than clean ones??? More labor saving safety tips?

...After brainstorm...
You can go on disco, one time in clean clothes and next time in dirty clothes, and
watch on yourself under UV lamps -if you are shineing, you are safe.
From another hand, you can apply varnish with UV filter like:
"Epifanes Marine Spar Varnish with UV Filters"
on clothes : ) and have certainty you are safe against uv and water. : )