Boat Forum / Building / October 2008

I have three rectangular diesel tanks. The three vents use a single, three
into one T so there is only one actual vent.
I know I need to re-do it as the T is below the level of the fuel fill. Fuel
entering tank A begins to fill tank B and C.

Does anyone know where I can find Thom Price ?
(Website, email, ...)
He had a gondola workshop (squero) in Venice (Italy) until, I
estimate, sometime in 2006.

I need to change the starter on my SeaRay. Is it hard to slide the new
starter into place ? Does it require shims ? Can the starter be re
built at an automotive shop or is it sealed and must be bought new ?
If so who  is cheap online ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've installed a head in a lobster boat. Now I want to enclose it.
What should I use for the 'studs'?
Wood 2x3 tends to warp. Does someone make a vinyl stud about 1.5 x1.5 or so?
I was going to use a 3/4 birch veneer plywood w/o studs but thought I could

I would like to install a calorifier connected to the boat engine. Could
somebody give me advise how to do it and how to avoid mistakes? My
engine is a Iveco aifo 8141 and I would like to connect a small
calorifier, preferably a flat one to fix it near the engine. Thank you!

Hello everyone this is my first time trying to tottally re-build my
1959 Dorsett! The boat sat out in the weather for 17+ years (yes a
very long time) so you can imagine all of the wood was completely
rotted! I think im sort of handy so i decided to FIX-ER-UP well so far

  No rush for answers on this one, but I'm sinking... I found a bit
of water in the bilges and put it down to something benign, but on
inspection, found a blister on the paint inside the hull, which when I
burst revealed a ~2mm square hole in the hull on the bottom of the

Finally got round to trying to fix MiniCup #1.  What a mess.  When I
built her I followed the directions and used mild steel screws.  Of
course they have all rusted and rotted the wood around them.  Any
advice on getting them out?