Boat Forum / Building / June 2007

Has anyone tried or know what would happen if you applied a
polyurethane product over epoxy when the epoxy was still tacky. Would
the adhesion be better? Would it intefere with the cure of the epoxy?
What about a latex primer over sticky epoxy? Anyone try anything like

I am new to the concept of steam bending and am experimenting with
very little success.
In easy terms to understand how flexible would a piece of oak that is
1" thick x 3" wide become?

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I had one of the engines (it has dual Perkins Prima 500 Series 50 HP
Marine Diesel engines) on my 44' Catamaran dump its lube oil suddenly
on me the other day on my way up the IWC.  I did as much tinkereing as

Ok, Here it is! Has anyone seen the episode of Jerry Seinfeld where the
parking valet gets in Jerry's car and leaves a body oder in the car so bad
that Jerry can't find anyway to get rid of the smell? He finally has to get
rid of the car! I don't want to do this with my boat. I ...

Can I replace some lost fluid in my Ritche Helmsman Compass myself?  I stupidly
opened up the wrong screws and let some leak out.
                                     Sherwin D.

After 35 summers in a pretty rainy corner of the world (Kiel, Baltic
Sea), the old boom has done its job, building a new one has started.
Now, weighing the raw timber in my hand on one side and comparing it
to the old boom, the question for hollowing the new one to reduce the

I understand that people have built Canadian style canoes that join in
the centre.  Do you know how the join is made as a friend wishes to
build one but is not sure as to how he can get a watertight strong seal.
Thanks

About 3 months ago, I bought 1 quart of clear gelcoat.  Didn't get
around to using it for about a month.  When I went to open it up, it
was pretty hard and unuseable.
I bought another quart from the same seller about 2 weeks ago, and

Folks,
I am a total novice in this field.  Please pardon me if my questions
sound stupid.
Trolling motors typically have three main parts.  The propeller

I've just installed a 65lt hot water tank, it has 2 heating coils and an
immersion. I haven't got around to connecting the 2 heating coils so for now
it runs on just a 1 kw immersion heater...  I connected up my 1.2kw
generator ( just a cheapy from B&Q, not a marine genset) and ...

Thanks for your replies to my previous question.
I like to know if color pigmentation will protect against UV and how
effective it will be?

Not to meet people - but to redo the running rigging on our boat.
Unfortunately, and I apologize for replowing ground seen already, I've
misplaced or lost the file I started when people were kind enough to
refer me to various sources for running rigging, shortly after our

I saw a low priced epoxy from US Composites. Anyone please give me some
opinion about this epoxy product? Is this product comparable in quality with
expensive WEST system?
Thanks,

Not built by Earle, I built in in 05-06. From the book lines with
customized interior.
http://www.yaimkool.com
Hope you like it, great family boat, and good for fishing too. Hope

I'm building my first stitch and glue boat. Anyone please give an advice how
to make my epoxy resistant to UV.
Thanks in advance.
sixfootflat