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I keep seeing people mention that John Guzzwell was highly allergic epoxy, so he used some other type of glue for cold molding and wooden boatbuilding. Does anyone know what kind of glue he used? It seems like whatever it is has held well, at least with his 30 footer, Endangered Species. TIA...

This is purely hypothetical, so humor me, what are the reasons for not using Vinyl ester (or polyester for that matter) for cold molding or strip planking a wooden boat. Obviously, it has to have some sort of drawbacks since they are much cheaper than epoxy and if they were equal, you'd see cold...

I need to take lines of a boat that is neither plumb nor level, and it seems like all methods rely on that being the case. I know Howard Chappelle took the lines off a lot of old rotting hulks. Does anyone know how he did it? Or have a good was to do it? I hope I'm not beating a dead horse.