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So I’m currently to the point of fiberglass and epoxying my boat...my current issue is how to Acheive a smoothish finish? I’ve put 1 layers of 7018 biaxal cloth and 2 separate coats of epoxy and have tons of rather large dips and belly’s in the epoxy even though my layup was bubble free? I...

So I’m building my first boat which I’ve posted about before but it is an 18 foot v bottom boat. I’m having a hard time figuring out how I am going to go about the deck on the Inside of the boat. I want to put a plywood floor but am afraid if water gets through it can’t get out? I’ve drilled...

So I am building my first wood boat and have some questions. I will start by saying there is no specs for this build because my grandfather drew the plans . I do not want to cheap it on this boat and will give a few details about it.this is a 18foot boat. The frames are 1x3 red oak 16 inches...

So I’m in the process of building my first wooden 18 foot boat. I have constructed it out of all red oak and soon will be sheeting it. I want to use marinade grade but the sheer cost is outrageous but I do not want to cheap out on this step just to save a few bucks. I have 3 options and I will...

Just got a hand built boat from my grandfather and come to find out it needs much mite repair then I intended. I work construction and consider by self very handy but boat repair is pretty new to me! The hull has some rot and transom needs replacing...my main question is how should I go about...