fallguy

Hey Skip ~ I don’t profess expertise, but enough curiosity to stir experts; perhaps. Lots of ratios come to mind, but to effectively...

I’m not sure I’ll ever recover from this thread. I think I’ll go home now.

That's exactly why I said the strategy to use depends more on other factors then what the epoxy can actually do. For the outside of a...

The idea anyone would build a stem and think coating it with 3 coats of epoxy would prevent ingress borders on humor. No disrespect to...

What does your boat do in fast head seas, say 3 footers? Mine rides pretty rough, the boat is quite light and despite the 2 degrees...

Both men are correct, but encapsulating large timbers is certainly a challenge. I built sacrificial wooden shoes for my beaching keels...

I would disregard the glasswork in calculating the forces on the bolts. Here is a bolt load calc to compare to the compressive strength...

I had a Bluewave, we built two with experimental gel coat for test purposes. Owned it for 18 years.

That's the other side of the "efficiency" coin.

The most common reality is two engines are used because one ain’t enough to meet the hole shot or top speed wishes of buyers. In...

I don't have experience of these models, so will be winging it a bit. Also the below novel assumes the shaft #4 is where the binding is...

Not really..John made cogent comment about inherent problems with diesel outboards and Montero thinks the Chinese will magically...

It will surprise me if the Chinese are able to produce a sustainable product like a diesel outboard; despite the Parsun effort, which I...

I guess you didn't read my last, @montero . Speaking Chinese doesn't change physics or chemistry. They won't be able to do it either...

Why in heaven’s name would you engage with a 4 year old comment?