Boat Forum / Building / August 2005

Anyone out there with any recommendations or information on a transport
company that can haul our heavy displacement full keel 40' sailboat
from Corpus Christi, Texas to Los Angeles, California? Any suggestions
would be appreciated.

I've got some 6x6 spruce fence posts that I'm applying finished planks
of 15/16" pine to cover the exposed part of the post (front, back, and
a little of the sides).  I'm using a *few* brass screws to hold the
planks to the post, while a water-proof glue will bond the planks to

ahoy. I have a new2me, never been wet boat on the hard. Is there a way
to see if the depth sounder works? The readout thing powers up if you
hook 12v to it. Can you somehow test the transponder widget? thanks as
always and smooth sailing.

KHL Marine are delighted to inform our customers that System Three epoxy
products and paints are now available in Europe.
See http://www.boatbuildingsupplies.co.uk for further details.

I have posted before regarding building/restoring an antique boat.  Just a
curious question to the experienced builders... How would you start your
hobby if you were really interested in learning how to build a nice boat?  I
have the $$, space, and woodworking skill.  Just ...

Well, today is my last day - we head out tomorrow to go home for my
operation, which will keep me off the boat for several months.
However, lots has happened in the last couple of days.
The platform is up.

I wonder if anyone can recommend a source for good, relatively thick (about
1/8") foam-backed vinyl?
Mail / online order is OK, but if in the Seattle area or Western Washington
that's even better ~~

Thanks to the group for advice on my last post about my propane sniffer
meltdown.  Sniffer is now replaced, remounted, rewired (with fuse.)
On to the next project:  My 1978 Catalina 30 has a painted wood battery
tray which is basically crumbling with wet rot.

Bilge wrote:

I'm doing a patch job to the underside of a fibreglass driftboat with
fibreglass matt and roving material (weave).
What is applied first after the area is wetted down woth expoxy resin - the
matt or the weave?

I just bought an old 14ft. aluminum boat and I want to seal the rivets
to prevent leaking. What should I use? Will a high quality silicone
work? Should I seal them from the inside or outside of the hull? Also,
do aluminum boats weaken with age? Mine is about 30 some years old.

I am rebuilding a Laser sailboat made in 1975.  I had a bare hull with
NO fittings at all on it, mast, boom, a sail, dagger board, broken
rudder, and a box full of blocks from various boats, some may be Laser
parts.  So far, I have replaced the deck acess port, self bailer,

I am going to build a kayak to begin to learn how to build boats.
Dumb newbie question for you.  On a stitch and glue kit, when you fiberglass
it, how does the stained wood come through the fiberglass??  For the
pictures I see on the pygmy and clc sites, it looks like the wood is

I was wiring up a used Yanmar 3GM30F engine and couldn't
find a place for the negative battery connection.  The
positive goes to the starter solenoid but there was not an
obvious stud for the negative cable.  Usually I've seen them

I have a 1973 Aquasport 22' CC with a Merc 125 Saltwater. I love it and
want to bring it back to its original condition or better.
They were extremely common boats here (Cape Cod) years ago. The 3 most
popular boats at the time were Mako, Aquasport and Boston Whalers.