Don't forget centerboard trunks. Even the trunk posts in a plywood-and-epoxy boat need caulking if the builder had the wisdom to mount the trunk...
http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?71429-Brown-Rot-White-Rot-and-other-Wood-Pestilence.&highlight=pestilence Why? Green lumber used in...
I've talked to the local Naval shipyard salvage experts about the 50-tonner. Besides being 2/3 buried in three to four feet of mud and humus...
The only rot was immediately above the average waterline where the member either had too much end grain involved or too many unbedded fasteners....
I'm not a big fan of splining. More difficult to repair. Splines are weak unless you use quarter-inch plywood, which would turn to mush in these...
[img] The salvaged bronze bilge pump ($30-50 on eBay) is mounted so the discharge spout can be rotated inboard, and the entire pump can be...
Bilge Pumps [img] I originally mounted a small Rule plastic pump in a basket and kept a 12V battery in the dock box to pump the rainwater out...
[img] New and old parts are blended and faired using block plane and rasp, reprimed as necessary, and every seam, check and void is filled with...
[img] This is a much faster technique than transferring each fussy angle using bevel gages and pencil marks to a power saw, which won’t easily do...
Rope Bumpers. [img] They can both lengthen the life of the sheer guards by providing padding from bumps, and also shorten the life of those...
[img] Over a decade ago I built the John Gardner-drawn 12’ Dion Punt below to use for swamp-logging in beaver ponds; a tender for setting the...
The 5200 fails in saturation only if it hasn't had sufficient clamping pressure. The PL Premium behaves similarly.....it won't stick at all...
Here you go: http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=6799 BTW, that test layup is still soaking today and there is no...
[img] The WRC heartwood test layup that included resorcinol, West System epoxy, liquid polyurethane, 3M 5200, and PL Premium polyurethane...
Did you already know aliphatics don't glue over when you chose Titebond?
I think epoxy staples would be the cat's meow if your strips were small enough.
Same basic problem....merely postponed. Gander at all the derelects in your local yards. All our boats will look like that some day, coatings...
Don't believe what the steel kit boat sellers say about welding. Sure, I can teach any 12-year-old to make a good weld on a horizontal surface....
Here’s an update. [img] In my initial screening, I found cyano to be the only glue to stick to PVA residue – here, Titebond III. [img]...
I don't know how this particular boat was cored, but many glass boats have either a balsa or plywood core. A common problem is owners who...