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Hi Marten
You might consider a high density plastic board for the core. They make it in 4 x 12+ sheets and you can get 1 or both sides with a fiberglass bonding layer molded into the surface. There will be no problem with water absorbsion and delaminanting and it comes dense enought to be neutrally buoyant.
If your considering other hull material ideas, the look at the kayak, surf board, and custom car body building pages. You can carve your shape out of foam and cover it with fiberglass and then reinforce it with an aluminum frame where needed. Or just build an aluminum frame and stretch canvas or aluminum sheeting over it like the fuselage of an air plane. Or heat and shape acrylic over the frame. Paint the top decks and leave the bottom clear for visibility.
Ambient: Wet, Dry or Semidry?
Hope it helps a little..
Doug Jackson
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