Angie Richard, Author at Practical Sailor

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https://www.voyagevirage.com/floating-stories-lab

Angie is a multidisciplinary storyteller, researcher and academic, exploring how creative practitioners can drive science and envision regenerative futures. Angie is self-building a Wharram Narai Mk IV wooden catamaran with her family, creating a Floating Stories Lab - a regenerative sailboat studio - to depart Europe on a circumnavigation, merging science, art, research, and storytelling to discover how humans can thrive on a flourishing planet. For the latest updates, visit www.voyagevirage.com or subscribe to the Floating Stories Lab Substack newsletter.

Examples of glass filler (microspheres) and glass material (cut fibers and two fabrics) for plastics reinforcement: glass microspheres (or glass beads); diameter: about 300 µm, specific gravity: 2.5. Mineral filler mainly used to increase the stiffness of a thermoset resin and to make road safety markings; 5 mm length chopped strands of fiberglass used to reinforce thermoset resins; fibrous reinforcements for thermoset resins: two glass fabrics with different area density; fiber orientation: 0 and 90° (most common): weave pattern: taffeta (down left, area density: 550 g/m2), and 2x2 twill (down right, area density: 280 g/m2). Credit: WikiCommons/CC BY-SA 3.0

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