I bought some of the foam from which I will construct the dodger coaming. That's the little raised sill that supports the bottom edge of the dodger where it attaches to Galena's cabin top.

I'm using rigid Dow Styrofoam insulation sheathing in 1/2-inch thickness. I've cut 10-inch wide strips. I'll bend them around a form laminating 4 layers together using West System epoxy to glue it up. Following that I'll do the final shaping before covering the whole thing with a couple of layers of glass cloth.


Here I am with a strip of styrofoam seeing if it will bend around the form and not snap.

It seems to work just fine. Unfortunately it's 9-1/2 feet around the form and the strips are only 8-feet long. So there will be joints in the layup. I'll stagger them and ensure they are near the ends where they will have a lot of support.

My wife let me cut the styrofoam boards in the family room because it's 27° F out in the garage. But she will probably make me glue everything up somewhere else. If I can just clear out a small space in the basement...