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I have a 12 meter (42 foot ) dutch steel ketch I am working on (details elsewhere on the site). I have a mast to replace the original sitka spruce mast which was deck stepped (and was setup to pivot / fold down for going through canals I suppose), and I want to replace this with a keel stepped...

Hello, I have posted before about the 42 foot steel hulled sailboat I am refitting / restoring/ rebuilding. I would like to get the community recommendations on 2 part epoxy primer and paint systems people recommend for a steel vessel available in the US (California). Should I use something...

I have to do a pass of sandblasting on the exterior of my (likely corten) steel hull to find and then repair damage via welding. I will be doing this in sections, with some weeks in between sessions. There may be areas I sandblast and leave for a while before I weld it closed. Should I just...

How can I identify if the steel in my boat is corten or not? I want to repair it with the correct steel plates that are the same steel. Thank you.

I am the new owner of a 1956 steel ketch I am starting the restoration on. The hull suffered quite a bit of galvanic corrosion in the form of pit corrosion which have turned into localized holes in several dozen places. One of the zincs is basically brand new, even though it was replaced at the...