No doubt it can be done if you devote sufficient time and effort,but what do you get at the end of the process beside a sense of satisfaction?The...
Your initial thoughts are correct,the boat is an antique and they were never expected to last indefinitely.You will get more focused advice if...
I agree that brand names may be unhelpful because I have used good polyester filler to modify moulds,but not that brand,as I've never seen in in...
Buy your wife a new one before you try the experiment!Which is unlikely to work,but you will at least have staved off the threat of divorce.
Those cracks could well have been there in much smaller form from the time it was cast.Was that recess used for vang attachment?I wouldn't set too...
Glass will work very well,once coated with release agent.Which leads to the question of why you feel a need to make a panel to lay up on?If the...
For that situation,just do the best you can.I'm of the persuasion that increases the size of successive pieces of glass as the job progresses.What...
You might say that,but why would you say it? How is the fibre orientation different to a conventional woven cloth?I can see that the open weave...
Running the mainsheet inside the boom only really works if you can take it out somewhere near the gooseneck and then lead it aft.there is no...
First a word of caution-if you may ever race you boat,will this modification be permitted?Next point,while you may use the RS200 for inspiration...
Not a huge amount of information in the first post,for instance is it a sailing catamaran or a power catamaran?What do the hulls look like at the...
Doesn't that depend on whether the boat has outboard or inboard power?I do understand that the total displacement of the inboard boats is greater...
Have you tried a site like Grabcad for a model of an outboard?
I suggest you buy a plane ticket to Europe with 5-6 thousand dollars or equivalent and look around for a few days.You will almost certainly find a...
Nobody would dream of laying up 20,plies at once I would hope.I haven't seen problems with entrained air at the overlaps of a well consolidated...
