Boat Forum / Building / September 2006

For some reason when two aluminum tanks were installed just three years ago,
they chose not to put fuel guage senders in.
So now I need to install them.
The tanks hold diesel fuel.

Autumn has definately arrived here along with colder temperatures.  I
have a couple of gallons of polyester resin that I'd rather not move
into the house.  It's in a plastic pail right now and the "scent" tends
to spread.  I've tried putting the pail into a garbage bag but can

I recently inherited a 14 foot aluminum riveted boat from a family
friend.
This boat is in decent shape and I was advised there are no current
leaks with this boat.

What arc welding rods are recommended to weld 316 to mild steel???
TVMIA

Hi Sailors,
I just had my decks emroned with a sand mix for no-skid areas and the
boat look great, however when a worker drills metal somewhere the tiny
shavings blow onto the decks and ultimatly become these hard to clean

I have just completed the fiberglass stage of a 14' wood strip skiff*
that I'm building.
My question is is it better to epoxy the other parts of the boat such
as the gunwhales, seats and deck before I give the entire boat the

Does anyone know if cheaper birch plywood with 8 layerrs would be usable as
Marine plywood?
$50 per sheet versus paying approxiamately $100 a sheet.
Ed

How well does Tyvek hold up when used to for sail making?
When it does fail do you think it's because of UV light or stress?
Thanks.

Has anyone ever done/tried to do (home made or commercial) a
collapsible rowboat using a plastic (or other) covering on an aluminum
tube frame?  There are lots of kayaks of this type and a few canoes,
but I'd really be interested in a row boat.  Any practical reason this

i have read of the importance of insuring that
manufactures specs on back pressure are not
exceeded, but i can find no numbers for my
yanmar 2gm15.  does 48" from bottom of water

I'm almost in posession of a boat I may have to gut - was thinking
about all the new inovations in all the systems and was wondering if I
should consider PEX as an option for plumbing as opposed to hoses and
clamps.

hopefully this is the last hot day of summer up here - temp is 80 plus -
av temp now is officially 72 degrees.
Anyway,  Claire was thinking about having a 'Cider Fest' or 'Apple Fest'
on some Sunday in Oct - invite a bunch of folks over to the Lake for

My  perspex (AKA lexan, acrylic, polymethylmethacrilate) portlights
are fitted directly to the fibreglass hull with screws and sealant.
The boat is twenty years old now and they have started to let the rain
in.

You better read this. Everyone here is about to be guilty of a criminal act
if we put out boats in the water!
http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20060814154923ibinews.html

One of the two Fenders on my boat, a Polyform HTM2,
started getting the slimy sticky surface disintegration,
and finally split open at the hole where the line is
threaded through the fender.