Looking to remove very old through hull fittings below the water line. I want to remove and glass over them. To me it seems pretty strait forward...
I haven't bought steps yet, I'm thinking stainless or maybe aluminum, leaning to stainless. I don't know the wall thickness of the mast and I...
Mast is aluminum, oval not sure the thickness.
I want to put some mast steps on my sail boat , any advice? Fasteners, should I calk where the step connects with something?
Interesting thoughts on the rudder, it is pretty old and the rudder has held all this time. Would like to install a skeg at some point though. My...
My boat does not have a full keel and the rudder just hangs in the water . I'm wondering about building a skeg in front of the rudder to give it...
That's what I was thinking about but after reading about the reason the motor is mounted there I'm thinking of something different. I'm thinking...
My concern was that it will increase weight at the stern of the boat if I move it back there. Still the bulked they have installed that forms the...
My 27 foot fiber glass sail boat has an outboard engine but it's mounted behind the transom. It basically has two transoms an interior one and an...
Not sure really it's a lot of material and it's thick. I suppose it could be wadded up into a lot of shapes kind of like putty and compressed to...
I don't really have a goal just curious about it. It's plentiful , can often be found for free in trash piles and it is fiberglass. I suppose you...
Anyone every do any experiments with fiberglass building insulation? I'm wondering if you could get it to soak up resin it might be good for...
I appreciate the replies they'll probably also help others on here. I won't be buying this boat though it was an old trash boat that they were...
I'm looking at a fiberglass boat with a bolted on steel keel. It's pretty rusted and would need a lot of grinding, new bolts etc but even if I got...
I found this page with some information https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/capri-30-chris-craft I'm still interested in converting a boat yes, I...
I'm looking for a boat that will handle the open sea and do long passages.
I'm in the range of about $4,000.00. Very old boats from the 60's , 70's and 80's. But I know how to do the fiber glass etc. I prefer an old boat...
I'd have to make sure I could see, probably add a window some place . Viability in front would improve since I'd be looking out the front window....
I can see it now to, thanks I guess I had to refresh the page.
My budget I have to take what I can get and do the work myself. I'd upload a pic but I can't find a way to display it here. One icon is just for a...