Refining the shape and glassing the ama or outrigger float

Here's a view of styrofoam/plywood sandwich trimmed/shaped down to close to its final cross section for the top view and side view:


Next I removed material from the hard chines, to ultimately get an elliptical cross section...

Here I'm getting closer to the ellipse, but there's a lot of fairling with a long sanding board left to go.





And voila!

Note: the styrofoam cradles, at least 4" thick, were extremely helpful at keeping the ama in place while I shaped it.