Boat Forum / Building / August 2005

I've been given a 17" aluminum boat which needs the main deck replaced as
it has the usual soft spots on it that need to be repaired.
Somebody mentioned using King Starboard panels but they're very expensive.
What sort of alternative products would you recommend? Or would I be

For my last couple of projects I've been using polyester resin with good
success.  Now I don't want to start the whole epoxy vs polyester vs
vinylester debate here and have a question about polyester.
On of my concerns is that I want to do the inside of the cabin of my next

My sons bought me a SouthCoast 22 hull at a bargain.
Sails yes - boom and mast no.
The mast is supposed to be 23 ft. the mast 9 ft.
So I started looking -  but they seem to run $500 on up -

I'm considering building a runabout and therefore I have some
questions:
Generally I stumbled over 2 plans: The plans from glen-l and the plans
from woodenboat. Glen-l suggests using the cold molding technique

I rented a mobile home with a small refrig. that used propane.  It was
very efficient and used little propane for a very cold unit.  I would
like to get more info on the construction, material, spec and etc of
one of these very efficient portable propane refrigerators.  Can

I am selling my boat plans on eBay. I have the Complete CAD cutting files
and plans for the Bruce Roberts trawler yacht 55 for sale!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568444230
Rick B.

I have searched till I am blue in the whatsit for a retail supply
store for the news(ish) buck-boost LED drivers (eg: LTC3453 -
Synchronous Buck-Boost High Power White LED Driver
), which look like the duck's nuts for setting up LED lamps, torches

This might be interesting :
www.euroshipservices.nl
Pricing on Dutch pages only.

I'm not sure that I'd go down this route, but it's one heck of a
project :)
http://www.seaheartship.com/eng/index.php
Cheers,

Some of you may be aware that we had to saw out the old one in the
course of trying to service our antique Lewmar 1000 vertical drum/gypsy
windlass (follow the link in the sig - and follow the comments on the
first page - to see what's up with the refit).

Just a quick question. Is polyurethane buoyancy/flotation foam in
aerosols the same as the polyurethane foam sold at builders merchants
for sealing voids and cracks etc?
The reason that I ask is that my local chandlery has aerosol foam that

Does anyone know how I could go about getting a set of plans desined
by John Hacker in the early 50s?  I am restoring a 1963 utility that
was built from a set of purchased plans.  I actually saw the set of
plans that were used but they are in very poor shape.  I'd like to

i'm out of date and i want to not layup a bicycle chain cover. one
suggestion was using window screen covered with foil. The idea led to
wondering if a fiberglass fabric was currently available that would
bend into shape and hold the set for resin, as window screen would.

Howdy, y'all
As most of you know, we're in an extensive refit.  We're finally to the
point of addressing the stern of the boat.  Most of you know we added
an arch, on which we've put wind and solar, satellite, gps and vhf

    --Found this at a junkyard; although my application isn't likely
to be anywhere near water (except rain!), rumor has it this may be nautical
in origin, but nobody seems to know the proper name for it or whether or not
they might still be available somewhere. First three photos ...