I can't afford sandblasting and it's a difficult thing to arrange in my marine yard in California anyway, so I've managed to grind off the mill...
See this datasheet. Rustoleum have written to me to confirm (THREE TIMES!) that this antifouling paint can be applied to bare steel. I repeat,...
See http://members.internationalrescuegroup.org ... t-giveaway International Rescue Group (IRG) wants to give away a beautiful 36 foot Albin...
You can find out more at http://internationalrescuegroup.org, but in October we set sail in a 57' sailing trawler for the South China Sea (we're...
I have over 3000 gallons in eight integral steel fuel tanks, and a hell of a lot of pipes coming out, some are labelled with a welded letter, some...
International Rescue Group: providing first-line support and humanitarian aid to disaster-hit people, using boats to deliver food, fresh water and...
"I say I say I say - I have 8 inch hawseholes." "Crikey - those girls are going to have to be thin to get through then." After a ridiculous...
I have a 316L upper rudder post and need to mate it to a mild steel rudder. Is it best to have two different flanges above and below with...
Well, it's just building the rudder and fitting steering, putting in the tubes and propshafts for our diesel-electric hybrid drive, sandblasting...
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Looking at the Rule 4000 gph bilge pumps which seem to be up there amongst the best, one still wonders how much water they can remove with say a 7...
I'm trying to calculate for my boat, which is likely to displace about 55,000 pounds and with full cargo up to 75,000 pounds, 57 foot full...
I'm about to install a donated Glacier Bay OSSA Powerlite dual-redundant system on a 56' steel sailing trawler about 100,000lb. This includes two...
Gerr's book has this passage: "...sometimes find it’s installed at right angles to the tiller when the rudder is amidships. This is not good....
Having just got through a conversation with Allstate who asked me for the name of the manufacturer and model of boat, and having been turned down...
I'm planning for my 56' steel sailing trawler's computers and navigation, here are my guiding thoughts for the installation: 1. Pilothouse to...
