sailboat dodger plans
Jul 26, 2017 - explore joel's board "sailboat dodger" on pinterest. see more ideas about sailboat, dodgers, sailing. 3) attach it to the boat. he had to bring the thing back to the boat and install all the common-sense fasteners to our hull and the bottom of the dodger, so that he could stretch it down taught, and attach it to our boat. that took another day of work. about an hour per fastener, which he said went way faster thanks to the hot knife he used. he said that without that tool he would have added. I laid the remaining frp over the top of the dodger and marked a 3” wide piece to attach to the forward edge. i cut a number of 4” pieces of 1”x1/8” aluminum and bent them to a 40 degree angle (i think it was 40 degrees). each piece of aluminum got 3 holes drilled and the leading edge was pop riveted to the rest of the frp dodger. 
sailboat dodger plans Once the paint is dry and you’re happy with the finished product, it is time to attach the dodger to the boat. there are lots of options out there—screws, bolts, 3m 5200, 4200, and 4000 uv adhesive sealant, sikaflex 291, bed-it butyl tape with mechanical fasteners, etc.—so again, it’s largely up to your own personal preferences.
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