Up date on the KR-2 boat: I had a KR-2 boat that had been given to me. No takers on giving to a good home. The boat had been constructed in the 1980's using Resorcinol glue, mahogany plywood and spruce. I broke the boat to get rid of it. Most of the glue joints for the spruce-to-spruce joints broke at the glue line. A few joints broke in the wood fibers. Where the plywood was stapled to the spruce, either the 3/32" plywood broke an inch or so from the spruce or the spruce would split. Where the plywood was not stapled, the spruce-to-plywood joints all broke clean at the glue line. For this one data point: Resorcinol is not recommended for mahogany plywood and spruce construction unless high clamping pressure is used.
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA smw...@md.metrocast.net
