Boat Forum / Building / September 2004

can I mixed 3M vinilester putty with polyester to get it thinner?
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A few weeks ago I posted about fixing a seat on my sailboat that was loose.
Today I removed all the screws and pulled the seat out.
The screws are held only by the fiberglass; I thought there would be some
wood, but there isn't.

OK I actually have four questions here, I'm looking for a nice long term
project 5+ years and I was thinking about repairing a large boat in order to
allow long periods on the lakes. I live on the great lakes so I'm looking
for something that will be a live aboard for long ...

I plan to go to Florida (from France)  to buy a 30 feet motor boat in an auction sale (after hurricane damage).
Could anyone help me find the right auction sale and guide me ?
In return, I offer a cruise in the Mediterranee sea and holidays at home in the south of France

Question about prop and shaft rotations...   we have twin engines with
counter rotational engines, 1 clockwise, 1 counter clockwise....  we also
have a LH prop and a RH prop currently not on the shafts...  thus the
question...

I have several places in the coachroof of my cat that are delaminated.
Two are soft (i.e., wet), one is crunchy (i.e. dry). It's composed of
balsa between layers of fiberglass. I have very little fiberglass
experience, but would still like to repair these myself and was

symptoms: when starting out from idle upon opening throttle, boat
vibrates and rattles but fails to produce adequate thrust.  Prop turns
but only generates minimal movement through the water.  Engine revs at
high rpms but fails to accelerate through the water.

Hello boaters, has anyone here built an kayak  using an combination of his
own design and one of the proven ones from  recognized builders ?I,m
interested in the stitch and glue type. I would like to construct it from as
few pieces as possible . 2 pieces for bottom, 1 or 2 pieces ...

Took my two minicups to Shell Pt, FL today to sail.  Light wind, maybe
6 kts.  Was a good sail anyway.  Wife and daughter got some
confidence.  Sail on #1 began to fail where the carpet tape I used ont
he visqueen pulled loose.  It has been constantly exposed to rain

Ahoy, I'm using the last of our decent days to do the bottom of a
fiberglass keel boat. The bottom of the keel section is wood which is
bolted to a partial keel of fiberglass. (some kind of add-on from a
previous owner, I think). The bottom of the keel has empty plug holes

i'm at wits end. when i got the boat it had plexiglass ports/windows
fastened with ss screws every 4 inches and bedded with what was
probably walmart grade silicone caulk.  they leaked like a sieve.  i
hate silicone, it doesn't adhere to hardly anything and once you've

After inspecting my visqueen sails on my minicups, I find they are
coming apart because the double stick fiberglas reinforced carpet tape
I used to hold them together is failing.  I am fairly sure this is due
to prolonged exposure to water int he rain here as I simply do not

We are looking to sell off excess King Starboard drops from our
manufacturing operations.  We are currently generating drops that are
11.5" x 15", 18.5" x 96", 16"x36".  All material is dolphin gray and 1/4
thick.  These are unused and have the protective sheet on the beauty side ...

I'm trying to locate a source of hull contour, line drawings,
accurate enuf for a Wm. Garden CT-41 half hull model,
scale 1"-1" +\- ...
Does anyone know *if* ...

What is a good way to keep epoxy from sticking to 316 ss? The short
version is that I am using stainless steel window trim rings as a
form/screed to building up
roughed in window opening. I want to remove the trim rings after using