You sure you want to use carbon fiber and not woven glass fiber? The prices are ridiculously greater with carbon and you have other drawbacks as well. Carbon hanging on your metal structure will cause electrolytic processes that when mixed with salt can be pretty aggressive. In terms of strength, with the correct layup schedule, you can get more than enough strength for 1/2 the cost of CF.
I originally thought carbon fiber was the way to go, but after some schooling I see that glass composites got us the same level of functionality at a fraction of the cost.
I have never worked with carbon weave, but I would imagine it is similar to the glass we used. our most common schedule was 2 layers of biaxial weave (rotate one layer so the fibers all run in separate directions) with a layer of 7781 as the top layer. If you need more strength, just use more layers of the biaxial. You can also use unidirectional fabric to make stiffeners or add directional strength to particular pieces.
The stuff lays up pretty well, you can get it into some pretty awkward places and positions with a little coaxing. Using a peal-ply layer also helps as you can squeegee rather aggressively to form it into corners.
Not trying to talk you out of CF, just raising the idea of an alternate (<- pronounced "Cheaper") solution. YMMV
