Hey matt David Blake here i remember our Sabre  we built miss them days good to see you still at it

I use an Aussie made epoxy called Bote Cote, water based so no rashes etc and also no amine blush. I built a 17 foot sea kayak 15 years ago that is still in excellent shape and I'm using it to build a fishing boat at the moment. It's a 2 to 1 as well, it's very good and not that expensive

Thank you for sharing your build video!

Thank you for teaching me some tips that I didn't know good on you mate from USA

Thank you for compiling this very interesting and informative video.

Your boat looks absolutely gorgeous, and I can only imagine how proud you must be.

I'm thinking of a 9 foot folding boat so the longest length of foam will only be 4.5 foot.

I originally thought of using marine plywood, but foam, fibreglass cloth and resin are increasingly attractive for the project.

It won't be a sailer, just a kayak paddle or outboard motor for propulsion.

Thank you so much for making this video, there isn't much info out there building in foam

what a wonderful video. thank you!

Thank you!!

Thanks for sharing!!  Great video

Saludos desde Uruguay, hermosa embarcación y hermoso todo el proceso👏👏👏

Do you have more information of how you went from the rough fiberglass to that beautiful, white, glossy finished boat?  Is it just paint?  If so, any suggestions how to get that painted so beautifully?  Thanks

I remember the time a bloke described an oscillating saw to me for the first time. I really thought he was having me on about how it can cut wood and ceramics, anything almost but it won't cut you. I was in disbelief that such a tool could exist.

I eventually agreed with him that it could cut almost anything but I wouldn't believe that it wouldn't also cut skin.

I'd only known saws requiring large strokes to cut...not itty bitty tiny strokes being able to do the same thing.

He got a hack saw blade and showed that just with tiny up and down movements it could cut through wood. Slowly of course.

He then put the blade against my skin and moved the blade up and down as much as he did on the wood and I wasn't cut because my skin moved. It was then I believed such a tool could exist. I was amazed at the ingenuity behind it but I was also feeling dumb that I hadn't at least heard about the concept for this tool, even before it became a prototype.

I prided myself on learning about new discoveries and then watching them be developed into practical uses but here was a thing I had never heard of before...how could that happen. To this day, I have no idea but who ever thought to make am oscillating saw blade tool was a genius at keeping a secret.

Great video, thanks! What was the first layer of fiberglass you put on the foam before you stitched it all together? Curious what weight and type? CSM? WR? Uni? 16oz? I'm assuming it was pretty thin so you could still bend the panels. And was that glassed side placed on the inside or outside of the boat when you put it together - I can't tell from the pics. I thought I'd heard it should go on the inside, but it kind of looks like maybe you did it on the outside. Really helpful video - thanks again!

Sadly the country i live in now, Colombia Sth America this stuff is not available,
I guess good ol fashion ply will do the trick.
Cheers..

Fabulous video Matt. Did you vacuum bag any of the panels or structure?

HOW DO i SEE YOUR DRAWING PLANS OF HOW YOU MADE IT?

great vid. im very interested in the cost and availability of the foam. where in AU do you get gurit corecell m80 8mm and whats it cost ?

Last year I built a 2.4 meter tender for our little yacht using 3mm MDF as a core material. The little boat is light and very strong (has survived a drop off the carry racks on my ute with no real damage).
We have a very active Sabre fleet at our club and I've often wondered about building and MDF/epoxy Sabre.
I've done a playlist of the building process on my channel.

I wonder how heavy it is?

Brilliant instructions, thank you! Has anyone build one like that in Melbourne?