Boat Forum / Building / September 2006

Hello boat people. I am trying to rebuild an old cedar lapstrake boat . It
is 16' L x 5',2" W withan small forward deck. I am an novice at this and
would like some
advice please. Some of the hull planks 3/8" cedar have longitudinal cracks

my sister and I just got certified in scuba diving and decided that we
wanted to start a small business cleaning barnacles off the bottom of
boats while they are still in the water (we heard it was good money).
Unfortunately I'm finding it difficult to locate any instructions on

If anyone have some (free) articles/tutorials/any kind of text related
to Sailboat Performance Prediction, please send me via mail, or tell me
where can i download it.
P.S. I have already use google, but i did not find more than three

we went rowing on the maribrynong river in Melbourne, Australia
yesterday. The boat went well but the oars and particulary the rowlocks
left a lot to be desired. We can do some work on the rowlocks and
improve them my using a closer fit between the rowlock pin and the

I'm going to be painting the cockpit sole and cabintop of my new
catamaran cabin for the first time.  For the glossy areas (sides of
the cabin) I'm going to use Devoe's 2 part polyurethane.  I know it's
not as shiny as Awlgrip but that's o.k. with me.

A while back I downloaded a list of the table of contents of all the 20
Boats books.
My hard drive crashed and I lost that along with a lot of other stuff.
Does anyone

I posted this to a number of groups as I'm sure it's of interest to all.
I'm looking to purchase a CV coupling to go between the engine and the prop
shaft.
The two contenders seem to be either an Aquadrive or a PythonDrive. The

How do you mist, spray, or whatever they call it ........ to the spark
plugs?

I'm getting ready to spray the hull of a boat that I recently primed
with a roller/brush. The boat is a 21' rowing shell that has a beam of
about 22". I'm using an HVLP setup. Should I be spraying this by
starting at one end and then spray one lap the complete length of the

Ahoy, the boat is out of the water. With a dripping paint roller in
one hand I noticed the two nuts that fix the stern casting (if you'll
all open your text to pg. 179 of Royce's Sailing Illustrated) were so
corroded as to not be there.

    --Wondering about this arrangement and am thinking of taking a whack
at it just for grins. I've got a relatively flat bottomed boat with a long
length of prop shaft beneath; two struts to keep shaft in line and a
relatively gentle angle between shaft and hull. At present I'm ...

Is there any damage probable from rainwater submersion of the INSIDE of a
I/O (bravo) drive?
Problem 350 mercruiser with a bravo drive, 2001 year boat and under 300
hours. Boat neglected on lift, for various reasons heavy rain has filled

I've decided I need to build so I'm looking for a place to get plans
for a small (in the area of 20') sailboat.  Please keep in mind I'll be
a first time builder, so a company with good customer support and clear
plans/instructions are important to me.  Construction method is less ...

How much pull can a 316 SS PH Machine Screw ¼ x 20 handle before it
fails?
Basically I want to know how many fasters I need to use to secure some
deck hardware.

What prop size for my narrowboat?
Hull: 70ft long 6ft 10 inches wide.
Weight: 10 tons
Engine: 48 BHP at 2800 (54BHP at 3000)