Boat Forum / Building / December 2006

Has anyone used this material and does it work well??
Any advice?
I will be stripping paint and primer off the topsides and all of the
bottom paint. The boat is a 25' sailboat. I am talking about using the

Ok,, after all the very good advice and info, along with some internet
research, I have decided to take the old head out at least for the time
being.
I have way too many more important projects for spring.

My boat has a blah formica interior...I was thinking about covering the
bulkheads with teak veneer.  I noted several adhesion options,
including pressure sensitive backing, heat activated glue, and contact
cement.  I'm concerned about the veneer holding up to a boats humid

Anyone know the purpose of this boat?
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Old sailboat, old head.  No pumpout.  Don't blame me, the premious owner
didn't do the change-over.
I figure a little tank here, a hose there, a drain ??  Whatever ...........
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO.

how many of you are going for the brighter 25 watt nav lights vs. the
standard 10 watt items?  Most of the smaller vessels ive seen go with the
10watt globes, but i think i'd like to put the more powerful items on my
thinderbird 26.  They do eat up a bit more power, especially if ...

I'm making a large scale (13ft) model submarine and am currently designing
the propulsion unit for it.
If I told you I have a 2hp driving a 3 bladed prop would someone here be
able to tell me a suitable prop shaft size?

For a few embarasing reasons we have lost a few orders for the viking
canoe plans. If you ordered them and didn't get them please notify us.
Here's the site http://www.algonet.se/~gwarner/canoe.htm

I have a 1963 Thompson I am restoring.  It came with a 62 Johnson 72 that
runs. After two years, I had it in the water.
When the boat is on land and I have the motor in the "bucket" I can see no
difficulty.  But when I took it out on the water, the engine ran fine with

I've been wanting to make fenders for my current project, but have been
intimidated by the need to use a crown sinnet to cover the fender core.
With a crown sinnet, I would have lots of strands of rope all over the
place and I'm easily confused <grin>.

I am in the planning stage of refinish my deck.  Sailboat, 30 plus feet.
The deck is the original non skid.  Ok shape after 30 years.
I checked with Interlux.  They sell a one part paint for non skid.  I like
that because two part paints are so weather conditional and I

I am considering building a boat and in my obsession I have been looking at
designs.  Here is the deal.  I have been looking at the Bruce Roberts
Centennial Spray 45 or 50 and the Bombigher 38-40 or 44-40.  I like the look
of the Bombigher  immensley.  I saw the design and loved it, ...

A while back someone mentioned that you could thin epoxy with acetone.
I need to pour some into some cracks.I'm using System 3 epoxy. Thanks,
Jim
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What kind of difference can the use biodiesel make when it comes to
changing the world for the better? Perhaps the biggest impact of the
use of biodiesel fuel instead of just plain diesel is on the human
health and the environment.

I am in need of a rudder for a 24 foot C&C. It is about 17" wide by some 70" tall. This is of course an outboard rudder. Anyone have something lying around they want to sell?
John