Well, I started working on the right-hand side of the keel trunk today, it will look ugly, but I think it will be as strong as a tank after I am...
I never calculated the AVS, but I could find only anectodal data stating that the boat remained "neutral" with mast in water and if people cling...
Thank you PAR for the time to answer in such a detailed way. In fact, I had some tabbing torn out (in two instances) by the slamming with the...
Thank you Par for frank answer. There is one detail: the keel weights 250 kg, so if I add 60 kg., the total weight is still only 310 kg. Would...
Well, I have worked through many of the issues, replaced mast step, had to reepoxy bow eye bolt with a new backing plate support, reinforced the...
It is a standard 74 Catalina... But in very good shape, it seems that it was not sailed a lot before I bought it last year. Actually, I plan to...
I need some advice for improving stability for a Catalina 22. I am doing coastal sailing on the Pacific in Chile, where the waves can and do get...
I have stumbled upon the Flicka boats before, and I loved them. However, there are several problems with them (at least for me): 1. I have not...
Extreme South Pacific sailing in a small sailboat The idea is not to have a boat for long ocean passages, but for sailing in South Pacific near...
20 feet sailboat with Stix 35 I have been following this discussion for a while, and I found it very interesting. However, the boats which were...
Indeed, it is a self torture, especially since I have decided to do it my way taking into consideration the limitations of the materials...
The standard method is to use some resin (epoxy or polyester) without any additions. The choise between epoxy and other resins is dictated by...
I got the following problem with my 5 m. sailboat under construction: I have a 9 mm. marine plywood structure over which the main fiberglass...
Keel Profile
Keel welding due next week I am progressing well with the mold but it takes considerably longer than I thought… Next week we are going to weld...
Unidirectional fiber available locally is a 2200 g/m2 which is used for heavy piping. No lightgweight unidirectional is available here.
I have three major problems with plywood-fiberglass: - I pretend to use vynilester resin and not epoxy for sheathing (due to local costs). If the...
Did you mean standard steel, i.e. not stainless?
Stainless steel is relatively cheap (6 USD/kg) and there are several cheap stainless steel welders. I was not able to find uniderection glass,...
The shape was a rough drawing. I am going to use a profile something like 63-018 as defined by Delftship. It looks thick, but the original design...
