Oh, well. I missed out on doing the nationals but as I understand, the new boats suffered from various failures due to being new boats so I don't think I would have faired any better.
I spent half of today laminating up the boom. It's a tapered oval section (I don't believe in going easy on myself). Basically a 60mm OD PVC tube cut down the horizontal centerline to within a meter of the back and a wedge shoved down the front end to create the taper. The whole thinf is then wrapped in plastic which becomes the inside of the bag. 1 layer od 450g 45*45 carbon, 3 layers each side of 300g unis (which over lap top and bottom to create 6 layers) then a finishing layer of 200g plain weave to make it look pretty. Unfortunatly I don't think the 200g will help in the pretty dept as I think it will have some creases in it once it's out of the bag :-(
P.S. By the way, yes it is supposed to be bent...
