What top coat did you use?
Thanks. How much should I oversize the hole by??
Great solution. Silly question. Do I soak the uni directional glass in resin as I wrap the bolt?
Should I put thickened resin back in the hole and start again?
Yes there are a few cracks. Thinking of reinforcing that area with cloth and resin. I have some carbon cloth laying around? Probably should have...
I took my kick-up rudders into a boat builder. He cleaned and re-welded the rudder cassette and inserted resin into the holes and gave me the...
Could you give me some information on when to use the microbaloons and silica and the sequence of 400gm uni and 440gm double bias? I haven't done...
Thanks Phil I've actually purchased those clr257 auto release cleats I've had two blocks pull off the cabin roof and they were just glued on. A...
Thanks. I'll try that. The mechanism is abit primitive to adjust. At the moment you have to cleat off the rope which pulls the rudders up. Not...
[ATTACH] some photos. Not alot of bridge deck clearance. Haven't taken it out too far as yet. We've been sailing around Moreton Bay and the...
See photo. When fully down rudders already rake forward quite abit[ATTACH]
I'm a woodworker. Found a good piece of wrc at home. 2.4mx75mmx260,quarter sawn nice grain. Heard that wrc is very light and rudders could pop...
where is the best place to get WRC blanks in Australia??
Great. Thanks. I think I will make up new ones from scratch and put current ones back on; so I can get out on the water ASAP. The current sail...
Rudder is 830mm long, 300mm wide and 50mm thick. Goes around 400-460 into water See photos Built in 1989 on designs by Ross Turner is all I know....
My rudders seem very short compared to my previous multi-hull. The boat seems to meander around abit. I was wondering whether it is caused by the...
I'll give that idea the shove!! Just non-skid all over. There's no much in the way of glossy gel coat on the yacht anyway
the grid system for asthetic purposes. the positioning so that the slightly raised areas on the sheet joining don't need to be faired as much?...