Boat Forum / Building / August 2007

I am not building a boat but, I have been building a Fiberglass/Foam/
Carbon Fiber skatebaord decks for a couple of years. I would like to
get a smooth colored exterior surface on my lay-ups. I vacuum bag my
lay ups and this is my normal construction method:

got a boat for sale.  this potential buyer show up ...  he starts going all
over "my" boat with his moisture meter.
I dont' say anything but I was a little put out.
Does this do any harm to my boat?

I asked about how you could cut a bronze thru hull to reduce the
amount of blocking required inside the hull.
Angle grinder with cut off wheel worked very smoothly (I use a grinder
 a lot and do have a smooth touch).  Super easy to back off the nut.

I bought an Indigo 3 bladed prop last week for my Alberg 35 with the
original Atomic 4, as the existing prop succumbed to electrolysis
I went down to the boat yesterday, worried that I might not be able to
loosen the old hub's grip on the shaft.  It was also a 3 bladed prop.

I have been working on for a couple of months it is called MyShipLog
it is a free online boat logbook. It allows for a bunch of different
log types from one place and you can control access to those logs so
that your friends and family can help document the boat. I created it

Folks, WRT that 35-year-old sweetheart that some of you were kind
enough to post responses, I'm now considering re-gelling.  The yard
folks tell me that 2-part LP application has gotten so expensive that
re-gelling  hulls from the rail to somewhere below the waterline is a

I've got to put in some new thru hulls and of course the stem length
of the fitting is about 3" long.  The hull is ~3/4" thick, the portion
that sits in the seacock is perhaps 1" which leaves 1-1/4" or so to be
made up with backing pads.  This is a bit excessive to me and ...

Hello everyone!
I recently purchased a used bow thruster without the aluminum tubin
and have priced them thru Volvo Penta and Vestus and they aren't cheap
I was wondering if anyone out there had the same situation and if the

I am fitting 2 Fenner taper lock pulleys to a motor shaft and a
saildrive shaft and I have the same problem on both of them. The grub
screw side on the pulley is on the inside of the pulley - so when
pushed home on the shafts the motor/saildrive prevents access with an

I have a seadoo 1800 jet boat it has 2, 85 HP Rotax 2 stroke motors in
it and runs about 45 Mph
only problem is it uses so much fuel you can drain the 150 lt tank in
2 hours at WOT.

Has anyone built a Bateau C17 or C19?  If so, I would be interested in
hearing your comments about the construction and the boat's actual
performance on the water.
Thanks,

what's the way to go for plans for home built tri's?  Im after something in
the 25-30 foot range, trailerable and hopefully light.  It's only for two
people and we dont have much gear to carry so if i can keep weight down with
pre-made composite panels in place of ply, I think ...

Hi out there.
As some of you may know I am building a Hawaiian outrigger sailing
canoe.  I finally posted some pictures here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/billd/sets/72157601394224742/

I'm pondering where to place the radar on my catamaran. I'm building a
radar arch to support solar panels, and was thinking of mounting the
radar scanner under the panels to avoid shading them.
The only problem I have is that the arch will be build with carbon

I'm building a 40 ft.  ocean cruising ketch.  My deck plan is to be
Port Orford Cedar strips, (about 3/8 inch thick, vertical grain),
epoxied onto a fiberglass sheathed epoxy subdeck.  How would you treat
the exposed wood to preserve it but maintain it's non-skid?  I'm