Rauel Parkers “Commuter” comes to mind as an extremely shallow draft vessel that can handle some seas and show a nice turn of speed when...
Oops, in post#11 I meant to say I keep the used discs in a jar of acetone, not resin!
The existing rudder design could be improved for slow speed use by squaring it out and possibly adding a horizontal plate at the top. Looks like...
When I need to do aggressive removal, I go to 16 grit on a 7” angle grinder, it makes short work of it and leaves a distinctly “scratched” texture...
I’d say that it’s a bad idea to glass over paint, even if the paint is chemically compatible with your resin. You want to join the new laminate to...
To expect to get any reasonable answers , you need to start by laying out all available information about your project. You have stated the length...
It sounds like all that flopping on the trailer might have worn the slots. You could try looking it up on the internet (google images) to check...
Do a google search on blister repair, there’s tons of info out in cyberspace. I’m afraid a quick repair is probably not an option, they need to be...
A foam roller will lay down a nice thin PVA layer, I hold a strong light in my free hand to help identify puddles of the stuff. A pump sprayer...
Sure looks like blisters, grinder time! Looks like the stickers held in moisture under them, blisters more commonly occur below the waterline.
It’s when your gelcoat “wrinkles” from being applied over uncured PVA, or other contaminant.
Ran the numbers through the prop calculator as one hull 9’ wide, came up with some different numbers. Now I’m getting prop size of 18.7 x 11. The...
PVA is not fussy stuff to spray, and a thin coating is all that’s required, so a pump bottle that atomizes nicely works well, at least for small...
[ATTACH] I’m curious as to how you would do the math for a propeller worksheet on a hull like this. Do you add the length/beam/draft of all three...
Check out the recent thread “canoe with square bottom hull “
Your overcomplicating your mold with the addition of the second 90degree turn, which is just being discarded. I’d just make the vertical sides a...
Did you try a Google search? I did, and it turned up quite a slew of information. You might also search the designers name. although it’s not...
The OP said it was a hatch for a canoe, so I’m assuming not very large. If I were just starting out and wanted to experiment with vacuum...
You are making three parts in order to have one. Unless you have a marketable product that will be mass produced from your mold, this method is...
Looks to be in pretty good shape to me, and guaranteed not rotten, as it’s all aluminum. I’d keep the tree, it looks like a handy place to lean...
