Boat Forum / Building / February 2004

I am beginning to think about 'ladders' for Viking Star, and wanted to
see if anyone had some ideas...
Viking Star is a 45' Ed Monk 'Tri-Cabin' type trawler.  Uses for the
'Ladder' would by (in order of importance)

It always happens. You are right in the middle of a project and you find
out that you are short on clamps. So what do you do? You try to figure
out some sort of jerry rig with bailing wire and duct tape to get the
job done.

Would this be worth spraying on the shafts, props and rudders?
I saw this at HD, Zinc galvanizing coating in a spray paint can.
It is $5 per can.
Since it is zinc and cheap It could not hurt right?

I need a flush mount deck hatch 15x20 for stuffing  box access. Ideas? It's
a plywood deck.
Gordon

Hi, I would like to build a boat and have been looking into sources of
plans.  Anyone know anything about this place: http://www.jem.e-boat.
Thanks!!  Newbie

Do you think it is possible to build an 8-foot skiff or dinghy using 1/8"
luan?
Joseph

Will epoxy cure at temperatures as low as 40 F.

I have come across a 1954 Holmes-Craft, 16-foot.
The boat still has the original paint job and has been garage kept it's
entire life.
I am looking for any information that is available for this boat.

I am in the process of building an Aleut Baidarka sea kayak. I got the plans
from Nick Schade, considered an artist when it comes to building "crafts". I
have the forms completed and I'm ready to start stripping the hull. I am
unable to find a place to purchase the wood from. I ...

Guys (and girls),
Do a search for aircraft laminating or structures, see how many are built
using polyester...and NOT crappy addon bits like fairings/wheels covers.
Normal poly can NOT be vacuumed due to residual styrene.

I've been trying to track down a North American source for murray
winch parts.  There's a fellow in NZ who can get the parts, but that's
a lot of shipping, particularly since what I really need is the
bearings (pawls and springs can wait), and I'm pretty sure these are

My Ballerina II boat has a marine plywood deck, currently covered with
canvas and Butinox, a proprietory paint coating with a rough surface.
It isn't watertight and water is penetrating beneath the paint/canvas
layer.  I'm considering stripping down to the wood and sealing with

Help!
I have run across an absolutley lovely 1954 Sparkman and Stephens 39ft
yawl.Double hull. Its one major problem is rot amidships from the shear to 5
planks down. The owner has tried to minimize the damage, but has deferred this

Does anybody know a good source for plastic pulleys?
Regards,
Kevin

Well, the reality approaches, and while I have a pretty well equipped
landside tools and spares selection ("Dad's hardware store"), I'm curious
what those who have done it would suggest.
It's a 46 foot ketch with a Perkins 4-154 and a Northern Lights 8kw genset,