Boat Forum / Building / February 2004

I have recently bought a 1968 Lazy Days, 43' aluminum hull
houseboat. I haven't been able to learn what year or size
the engine is. What I do know is that it's a Crusader, Charger
series, 250 h.p. V8, distributor in the rear, serial # 13050. A

Hi all I have a group question
I need to bake a new dashboard for my boat
it made of the usual plastic that you can get at home depot or Lows
what s a good clean, easy way to cut this?

Has anyone here ever carved a dugout canoe?
I have several large white pine logs that I'm thinking of attacking
just for the fun of it.
Any suggestions on procedure would be welcome.

I am replacing a thruhull that was coupled to a properly backed,
bedded and bolted flanged base seacock.
Question: Do I cut the thruhull exactly to length plus 1/16" so that
it butts to the inside shoulder and leaves a room for a thin pillow of

About the only formica work I have done has always had lee rail or edge over
it.
I'm building a drop leaf cabin table that will have a formica top with teak
rails around it.. No problem there. The table top base material is 3/4" ply.

On eBay there's an ad for a 500 gpd watermaker (US Watermakers) that
uses a brass General pump.
Question to co - most watermakers seem to use either bronze, s/s or
titanium pumps - yours is brass.  what's the expected pump life in

I have been admiring Bob Griffith's boat Awahnee, a 53' cutter for some
time and would like to find out how exactly it was built and what is now
regarded as a proper ferrocement construction regimen.
Does anyone know if the ABS, Lloyds or anyone else, has now established

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I am looking for info on refinishing the Teakwood on my pleasureboat.

Anyone have any experience or views about applying a
urethane clear coat over a new enamel or urethane paint
job? Sort of like the clear coat on a car.
paul oman

Just thought i'd recommend a site, needed a replacement BMC 1500, found a
site that sells very good reconditioned engines. Looks like they are based
up in norfolk somewhere.
http://www.hmsonline.co.uk/

What is meant by the term  edge set  when referring to plywood planks used for boat sides?
Bill

This is being a real pain, on a ridged fiberglass deck there is some
anti-slip paint that I cant get off even with sanding as this will flatten
the ridges.
GRP safe paint stripper doesnt work either.

Unfortunately some of us are as not as smart as those of you that are
newsgroup junkies.
To those of you that attack us that are not familiar with your subculture
and offer NO assistance we suggest you may get further in life if you lend a

Well, we're rounding third in our quest to step aboard and cut the lines.
Minor details remain to be dealt with, but one which had bedeviled us until
today is now resolved.
That's the name of our boat.  There's more background than you'll want to