I don't know where Scott Williams learned the making tape method of finishing the edge of glass but I think it's brilliant. You get an increadibly clean edge to your work. The other great thing is that you don't need a whole bunch of different glass products as you can make your own from a roll of cloth. If nothing else came of this project, I'm happy to have learned this technique. If I could I'd go back and do all the glass work over using this method with the exception of the 12 oz biaxial tape I used on the keel. I'd use the 12 oz again but not the 6 oz. The 6 oz is skitish stuff.
For the final glassing of the cabin top I only did a small overlap as I had already taped the edges. This means that the vertical seams, cabin corners have one layer of 6 oz biaxial and two 6 oz woven cloth and the cabin top seams have two layers of 6 oz cloth. Hopefully this will be enoughto keep the cabin from flying off!


Note short section of rope I'm using to keep glass in place as I smooth it out dry. This worked really well. I held it to the gunnels with spring clamps as I worked the folds out of the glass.


Tape detail.


Another tape detail.