At one point the United States Navy called any vessel UNDER three hundred feet a "boat." Over three hundred feet and it was defined as a "ship."...
http://www.westsystem.com/webpages/productinfo/guide/Filler_select.htm
not as easy to use (you have to mix resin and filler) but a great product IMHO West Systems Fairing Fillers:...
here's one... http://www.wessex-resins.com/
My little McGregor Venture 17 needs a backstay. Actually, she doesn't need the backstay, I do... Fractionally rigged with no spreaders, and...
Eureka!! http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mandm/PT103mod.htm
a little fat to chew on... http://www.pt-boat.com/originalhull/pt593.html
SOMEWHERE here in the States... there is a guy who built a single seat, eighteen-foot, "Elco 80" PT boat using an old jetski power and propulsion...
Ditto the talcum powder, and don't be stingy with it either. It fills in the pores in the skin which excludes the glass particles. I also use...
I gotta know... did the addition of a separate ground wire solve the problem? I can't count the number of times its done the trick for me.
Hi Tom, Last summer I built a new rudder using the NACA0012 section for my old McGregor Venture 17. Being a fiberglass-kinda-guy I went nuts...
p.s... As long as you're not trying to make any money on them, old Ventures are great little boats.... you can build them up to whatever level...
Hi Dave, If you hadn't provided your name I would have thought you were my friend Tom. The swingkeel on his Venture 22 was in the same...
It's just a matter of time. How long could it take to strip out and laminate that much bamboo........ . . ? How much $$$$, ahhhh... time, do...
a silly question...? this is a re-post from the 'sailboat' section. any comments would be appreciated. please respond with your post to that...
Thanks Gentlemen, My partner and I have ben debating this issue for awhile now. It was our intention to use the DI only for long term...
see Prof. Boatbuilder site; then go to: Industry Jobs see the Viking Yachts advertisement see Vikingjobs.com
If one is using dry ice as a refrigerant in one's 40 foot sailboat (and "one" is) ... what happens to the off-gased carbon dioxide? Obviously...
All Hands, My partner and I are locked in irons over the best position for our chart plotter. Our funds are limited so we can only have a...
Vaughn, I found the company on-line. Their name is Lonseal, and boy was I wrong! They'e about two hundred miles south on me in the LA area.......
