Boat Forum / Building / June 2005

I am close to finishing a  50's style runabout and considering what is the
best finish to put on the teak decking. It has to stand up over the years
and retain that classic runabout gloss look with as little maintenance as
can be reasonably expected. I am considering 3 coats of ...

I have several places on my boat where the gelcoat has come off from
pulling it up on the beach and I was going to use epoxy to repair. I
have a gelcoat repair kit that has several color tubes and I was
wondering if I could use these color tubes to tint the epoxy. I have

I am starting a project - Atkin-style tunnel stern, of welded aluminum.
I have been offered a Datsun pick-up truck with (I think) an SD22 diesel -
widely used in forklifts, IH Scouts, and some boats. The truck has been
immobile for a few years, but ran ok when it was parked. I ...

My son has a 14' light weight wooden skiff that is designed to be a
compromise between good rowing and good motoring. The bottom of the boat has
a bit of rocker to it, but not nearly so much as a drift boat. Regardless,
it points it's bow up nice and high when underway with our ...

I'm not so hot with the search engine anymore. A Canadian co. called
Rekord seems to be the only source for bronze and glass nav lights
left on the planet. I live in Wa state. Also, they seem to be almost
$50 each for the 3 inch or so tall model. Any leads for Washington

I am building a stitch and glue sailing tender for my yacht and kids and
have got to the stage of having the outer seams all nicely taped up and
am ready to start the inside seams and adding the gunnels, center board,
thwarts etc.

I have a glue up to do that requires epoxy.  I have some old stuff (West
Syst.)--both resin and hardener--that was purchased way more than 5 years
ago.  I know how to get rid of the crystallisation from the resin and have
used the stuff from time to time on non-critical ...

I am now looking to build a power boat in the 16-18' range.  It should
be reasonably easy for someone who has built 3 smaller boats to build
in a reasonable length of time.  What I would like is a boat suitable
for rivers, lakes and near coast putzing around with my family.  I

I am building a boat and am soon ready to put primer and bottom paint on
the hull. How long should the Epoxy cure before I put on the primer and
the bottom paint? I am using SP-System 106 Epoxy with fast hardener.
( My project can be seen here: http://www.oddgeirkvien.com/baat )

I have recently acquired a used 14' sunfish sailboat- while looking at it
one afternoon, it dawned on me that this boat might make a good duckboat!!!
I envisioned a small electric trolling motor, enlarge the passenger
compartment,etc....

Hello, all.
I have a steel hulled cruising boat, presently in NL. The ship is
eight years old. The fresh water filters are filling with flakes of
rust, suggesting that the epoxy coating of the tanks has failed, and

Would like to upholster the top of a cooler to put on
my boat.  Have seen coolers with matching top cushion
on new boats, but mine is five years old.
Have a matching piece of vinyl from a replaced sundeck