Boat Forum / Building / August 2004

Looking for some net wisdom here for anyone who has built a stich and glue
boat.  I am building a 14' power skiff from the plans at glen-l.com.  I have
stiched the boat and start to apply the fillet.  My question is when should I
remove or try to remove the wire holding the boat ...

I have a houseboat whose roof has a bunch of thin
spider cracks, as well as some a bit bigger. The
biggest ones aren't wide enough to get any more than
a razor knife blade in, if that. I want to put some more

Took a detour to work on Ocean Planet for two weeks and to make a mast.
Interior is painted. Almost there !
http://home.comcast.net/~jonsailr

Limited quantity of carbon fibre (woven and uni), Kevlar and fibre glass for
sale on a first come first served basis
Small quantities and offcut available. very good prices.
Please reply via email and i'll see what i can do to help you..

I am about to replace the hand rails and toe rails on my 35' sailboat, and am
wondering what kind of wood would be the best to use. I will be painting them.
Also, what paint would you builders recommend?
Thanks

The NTSB in their bureaucratic wisdom is proposing a rule to require ALL
people on recreational boats to WEAR PFD's ALL the time. Here is a link to
the site, and the e-mail address to send your comments to. Since boating has
continually gotten safer, I certainly see no need for this ...

http://www.jbdunnco.com/new.htm
http://stores.ebay.com/CSC-TEXTILES
Has any one used or seen this product? It is intended as a floor covering
for both interior and exterior. I am interested in something for my cockpit

Sugestions for how to fix tails/toggles like these:
http://www.the-watershed.co.uk/bcusurf/rules.htm ??

I have a 34 feet houseboat with a Chrysler 318 driving a Paragon v-drive -
the problem is that no parts are available anymore for this tranny and i
would like to change it to somewhat more modern.   I have two choices:
Stick with the propeller and shaft model and buy a Twin Disk or ...

Hi, I´m looking for drawings and instructions for building a Rob Roy. Can
anyone help me find them?
Thanks, Johan (Sweden).

I recently saw a reference to some pocket cruisers that were of English
design, They were plywood stitch and glue construction 16' and smaller. I
failed to bookmark the site and was wondering if anyone had seen it.
Leanne

Anybody know the name of the compnay in Florida (I think) that sells the
H28 hull?
Thanks

Please forgive me for posting this to 'boats' newsgroups but I believe my
questions might have been encountered by boat aficionados.
I am thinking of spending quite a lot of money on a new GRP flat roof for my
garage/balcony and would welcome comments, good or bad on this system.  A

I'm looking for some good sites for making boats (drawings, instructions
etc.). I found two good sites: http://www.stadtdesign.com/ and
http://www.bruceroberts.com/.
I would like to make steel boat (yacht or sail boat) about 12-16 m long.

How should more than one battery be hooked together
as a supply for an inverter? Does it matter which battery
in the group the battery charger is attached to? It will
be an automatic charger. Will all of the batteries drain