Boat Forum / Building / October 2006

I need to fit a new rubber strip around the gun-whale of a fibreglass boat
that I have been restoring for some time. I removed the old strip, removed
all the old resin holding in place, and cleaned up the joint where the hull
and deck join. I don't how many types of these strips ...

I am redoing a pram and would like to know what color they
were when they first came out?
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Stand Tough For Freedom

Hi, y'all.
I assume that there are several here who have successfully dealt with
the problem I have:
I seem to have developed a sensitiviy/allergy to West System epoxy

i've been searching through the group .. i keep finding conflicting
opinions..  hoping i can ask my exact question and get an answer :)
i just bought a 2003 bayliner 2150 classic (21.5 foot ski boat
basically).  the previous owner left the boat out in the sun/water/etc

I am a newbie to boat building. I have started my first project, a
small D5 Dingy, a couple of months ago. Now I am ready to order the ply
but I'm unsure as to which wood I should choose. There are lots of
differnt opinions out there.

would have liked to post in reply to the original thread ("what
electrical engine for small boat?"
http://groups.google.at/group/rec.boats.building/browse_thread/thread/f01f25efbe
4d434f/2c51c4e6ffea40a7?lnk=gst&q=spam%40redo.net+boat&rnum=1#2c51c4e6ffea40a7)
but unfortunately Google ...

I have a 1962 Johnson 75 on my '63 Thompson.  It runs rough and I am working
on that, but what I have discovered is that if the carb access panel remains
open, it will run, but if I close the panel, it will slowly die.  The engine
has a large air open air vent on the bottom of ...

Do  you  know of any literature or articles that would help me decide
how and what to set up,upgrade and organize most conveniently for my
older sailboat which previously didnt have traveler and  very primitive
,outdated set up etc.

As a type of  wooden boat [35-40 ft] construction, how would.....
   epoxy laminated mahogany hull over oak beams with a teak deck
.....be regarded by the group, as a type of wooden boat construction   ?
Appreciatively,

Been trying to get some info on Electro Guard, they don't reply to
Emails, are they still trading and probably more important, does it
work.
Anyone got info on this system

I own a 32' fiberglass lobsterboat with a full keel. Two of the bolts that
hold the rudder plate to the skeg are loose as they spin on themselves. They
do not have nuts on them. They just screw into the skeg.
What is the keel made of? It is about 4"x4". Its white and when scratched

We bought our first small boat for lake fishing a week ago.   It is a
used 14' jon boat circa 1981 (according to the license).   It had on it
a 40 HP MERCURY engine with serial number 5991890.   (With electric
start).

Sailboat ,, cockpit storage lockers ,,  I want to paint them so they will be
cleaner, more presentable and protect the finish.
Problem ,,   as far as I can determine, they haven't been painted or
anything in YEARS.  They are DIRTY.  I tried to

I sent this to our cruising-oriented loglist a moment ago - but thought
there might be some here interested as well.  If that's not you, please
excuse the bandwidth :{))
By the time you read this, we'll have been on the ground here in St.

"bill" <temporalplane@gmail.com> wrote in message > Plans for a folding
dinghy similar to the Seahopper and Kontender can