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Hi, you’d think after taking high school geometry twice I’d be better at it…, I have worked my way to the bow of the boat. I am looking to raise the gunnels (shear?) significantly. If I follow the existing flair of the hull the increased height would make the bow almost 2’ wider. I suspect...

Hi, I have a couple spaces just in front of the transom under the “swim step” area that I won’t have access to from inside the boat. It’s outside the false transom and gunnels, like an outboard bracket. I would like to have access because I’m going to need to run some wires and such in there...

Hi, I’ll move this to the top…thanks Siri, so it’s lumber holes instead of “limber” if anyone has the power to change the title. Are there any “rules”, best practices, or do’s and don’ts with the location and size of lumber holes in stringers? I’m looking to do two holes through my stringers...

Yes, this could be another “I hate fairing” rant/thread but maybe there is some glimmer of information to be gathered here. For fishing boats that aren’t 60+mph boats, more like 20 cruising - 40 wot, how much do surface imperfections actually affect performance? I’m referring to fairing...

so I have finished the hull extension and had a question: Should I or do I need to extend the lifting strakes? I extended the hull 3’, so I add three feet to the strakes? It looks like the strake lengths vary a bit on these hulls depending on length. For example the 24’ hull I started with had...

Hi, I’m trying not to completely freak out but I pulled the forms on my hull extension today and I have a pretty bad screw up. I don’t think it’s fatal but not exactly sure what to do. One side of my mold want quite right and was about 3/4” high in the back. As usual, I’m not sure how it...

Hi, I’m finally tabbing in my bulkheads and I was curious how to cut the fabric to handle the hull angles and the corners around stringers and at the chines. I have 1708 so it doesn’t exactly like to go around corners, even in the vee of the hull it would bunch up with the hull curve. Are...

Hi, Ive only used epoxy in my boat work prior to now but due to the future quantities needed I am exploring using polyester to laminate large surfaces like bulkheads, cabin walls, and such. Now I have dug myself a hole in that I have epoxy covering most of the hull so I’ll need to tab and join...

Hi, I have tabbed my new stringers in and I was wondering how aggressive to get in prepping them before I put the fiberglass cap on? The edges of the tabbing are not the smoothest but I’m concerned that if I try to sand out every imperfection I’m going to remove a lot of material. Can I use a...

Hi, I think I’ve touched in this in other threads but I’m getting more serious in taking things apart now so I wanted to see if I could get some help. I am certainly not experienced with the details of hull construction over the years. I’m trying to identify where to stop grinding/peeling...

Hi, so I’m running into some issues working alone with some of the sheets of fiberglass I’m trying to put down, they are just too big to handle alone. Now this might be a problem of my own creation. How big of a difference does a seam make if I break the sheets up into smaller sections...

Hi, I’m building my transom and had a few questions about measurements. I’m planning on twin 25”outboards and I have some measurements from another person who did the same thing. It looks like He had the transom 25-1/2” tall on the engine centerlines but is t specific about the angle. Is that...

Hi, For those of us that don’t have any data to backup what we are doing Ive heard the generally accepted route is to build to “what was there”. I am working on the hull extension for my old boat. I say old because it appears to be 1/2” thick solid glass hull from the mid 70’s. Now it was...

Hi, so I found another local guy who rebuilt the same hull I am working on. He raised the gunnels, like I plan to, about 12”. He made his gunnels out of solid fiberglass and poly resin, they are like 1” at the bottom!! I’m sure they are very strong and will never rot but that seems...

I started working on my old radon and thought it would be best to have a single place for all my questions. I had started a couple threads about the extension options and some stringers over balsa. so here the story. This is a mid-70s 24’ Radon. Radon’s are a local Santa Barbra designed...

Hi, I’ve finally started on my project boat and in doing the initial demolition I’ve discovered the stringers were set on top of a layer of balsa, it’s about 8” wide under the stringer. It’s a mid-70s boat. What as the rationale for that method? Do I need to duplicate it if I am replacing...

Hi, I have posted a while back about the hull I want to modify. After a several year delay I’m getting back to it. I’m in California and it’s a local built hull out of Santa Barbara, Radon. They are tanks but popular here. I want to extend it 2.5’ to put a swim step and outboards in it, it...

Hi, Im just about to start in on my project boat and I was wondering if there was a better option for 2:1 mix epoxies in bulk. I know the Marinepoxy from boat builder central and Raka are the same product. I was wondering if anyone knew of a place that sells the same stuff in larger containers...

hi, I’m new but have been reading some other boat building forums for years. I rebuilt my zodiac with help from them and recently picked up another big project. Radon boats are a Santa Barbara California made boat that have a strong regional following. The 24x8 that I picked up is a classic...