Boat Forum / Building / April 2004

I need 3 Opti's for some very young sailors.
In CT.

In the process of restoring an old 33' Silverton I have come across an extra
thru-hull hole that does not need to be there.  Is there a thru-hull fitting
out there that is just a seal?  or what options do I have?
BTW - the current hardware is all but disintegrated...

hi. i can't afford to buy a boat yet, but a family friend is giving
away his boat. i'd love to get it and get sailing again. the hull is
epoxy over fiberglass and in good condition. but the wooden keel is
delaminating in the aft area and needs replacing in part.

I am planning on building a pontoon single-person boat capable of
being disassembled and carried in the back seat and trunk of a
passenger car. The capacity needs to be 300 lbs and the deck will be
4x6 inches.  FYI the unit will be powered by a low-power motor. I do

Greetings Builders,
A fine day to build your own Sit On Top kayak isn't it? We're mighty
proud of her as the VERY FIRST set of SOT kayak plans available.
http://jem.e-boat.net/proddetail.php?prod=CFSOT16

What's the best thing for the money for removing oil
from a motor in the bilge? I bought a drill pump, and
it worked okay. Once! After that it would never work
again. Someone told me about using a basting squeeze

I am just getting started building a new sailboat, I will be using a
friends molds. I am using epoxy and glass but we wondering what people
thought about various approaches to painting/gel coating it. What
should I do? What are some positives an negatives?

It's a little late for an announcement but this week-end, there is a
meeting of amateur boat builders in Jacksonville Florida. Last year,
around 60 people showed up with almost 20 boats.
We'll have a barbecue etc.

Hey all,
Any info on cleaning and glueing patches on PVC inflatables?
Thanks, MMC.

I'm sure there's a good reason - but my initial looking discloses two basic
types of sanitation hose.
Both claim the same purpose (keep the stuff and the odor inside while on the
way outside), but there's one which is 3x the price of the other.

When I purchased this boat, the previous owner had removed the
saildrive engine and engine mount. I am re-installing this engine back
into the boat. This is an old OMC Zephyr Saildrive. The reason the
engine mount was removed was because the bond between the engine mount

I'm trying out a new rudder design for my kayak, and (aside from a good NACA
profile) I need to know what the maximum rudder angle would be.  I assume
the maximum angle would be at minimum steerage for a kayak (around 1.5
knots).

Recommendations based on experience?
I'm looking at robin's egg blue alkyd external enamel to repaint a
repaired deck with anti skid on an old f/g sailboat.
The climate includes freezing winters.

How would i install oar sockets on a light weight small aluminum boat. The
thickness of the aluminum is quite thin. Thanks

I have a 31 aluminum work boat with an under deck fuel tank which must be
leaking. The aluminum deck is welded in place. The tank is a 100 gallon
aluminum tank. The boat is only 1 year old. I removed the drain plug from
the back of the boat and about 2 gaollons of gas came out, this ...