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Foam is used for flotation, insulation, structural core and cushions. Which application do you have in mind?

Loosely based on Joel White’s Fox Island Class(plans from our hosts), but strip composite construction and recycled rig and keel of a J/24.

Me, too.

There are other possible outcomes.

I owned Magic, an Alberg 35 for 25 years and sold it. My daughter grew up on it. Fifteen years later, she bought it and it’s back in the family.

I donated...

My deck is glassed and I wrapped the glass under the guard and skipped the toerails in the middle of the boat
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You might be able to order the trailer with a longer tongue. Ask your dealer.

My 10 month old granddaughter has just mastered crawling. She’s giddy about her new mobility. Every day’s a new triumph.

Standard Fastener in New Bedford, MA
https://standardfastenings.com/

I’ve been packratting a carbon fiber golf club shaft for my next tiller extension. It’s tidy, quiet, strong and has a spiffy grip.. Can be painted if you like. Just needs a couple of inches of glass...

Agreed.
I’ll have to think about how it might be used, but I would cherish it.

Monkfish
http://forum.woodenboat.com/blob:http://forum.woodenboat.com/0e3741a5-66f1-4143-81a0-3fcf66622814115643

A good dog becomes a part of you. Whatever they need, if there’s any hope, the cost is OK.
Bailey’s last month cost about $10K and I miss him more than the money.

How is the step fastened down?
Some builders would assume only downward or lateral loads on it and pulling up on it might not go well.

I druther a 1/4” u-bolt epoxy bonded into the bow knee. ...

It’s nice to have options to ANY WestMarine.

Can anyone here look at a varnish’s MSDS and identify the UV blocker in the recipe? The MSDSs are easily found.
Flagship MSDS

Agree. It’s not worth restoring. Let the owner burn it.
There are lots of boats on the market that are affordable, appealing, structurally intact and functional.
First figure out what you...

They’re two very different paints. Alexseal is a two-part urethane and WetEdge is an ordinary one-part alkyd paint. The two-part urethane will be tougher and will stay glossy several times longer. ...

I’d use Kirby’s semi-gloss. It’s a basic alkyd paint.

A varnished sheerstrake would be handsome, but I don’t find varnished meranti or okoume attractive. Sapele or mahogany ply would be very...

What Todd said about Kevlar felt.
As Todd said, don’t try sanding it. It’s like sanding a sheep. There are other ways to get Kevlar felt composite smooth.
If you catch the epoxy at the green...

Some might be more rust-resistant than others.

Aren’t fresh water ‘zincs’ magnesium, which is farther out on the galvanic scale?

Nobody’s mentioned the importance of deck beams. The more closely spaced they are, the thinner the decking you can get away with.



Epoxy/graphite, when sanded, produces a black dust that gets...

There’s too much time and money in a 20’ boat to take the risks of inventing its engineering.
Either get plans from a competent designer or at least follow a competent designer’s scantling rules,...

Bristol 32 (Ted Hood)
Allied Seawind (Tom Gillmer)
Pearson Triton (Carl Alberg)

The Duckworks tiller extension swivel appears to be of stainless, a good idea. Finding a caster like that in stainless, bronze or even brass will be hard. Hardware like caster that is most commonly...

I heartily recommend Reader’s Hardwood Supply in East Taunton, MA, which is 40 minutes from Providence.
http://readershardwoodsupply.com

It’s worth the trip to see the excellent selection of...

Tell us more about the boat design.
Length, beam, depth, sail area
Will the hull have internal framing?
Will it have structural sheathing, inside and out? I.e., is it strip planked or strip...

I expect that the Gulf Stream and weather mappings are equally important.

There are still some older designs racing, so such a comparison would be possible.
The impact of multihulls and lifting...

https://www.royalgazette.com/sailing/sport/article/20220619/argo-smashes-newport-bermuda-race-record/

Argo, a MOD70 trimaran, shatters earlier record.

I’ve taken that long to get from the Cape...

There’s an in-between answer, epoxy primer.
I like Jamestown’s TotalBoat epoxy primers and their TotalProtect primer which is a bit heavier and similar to Interlux Interprotect. They all stick as...

Looks like they’re under $100.
Here’s one....

I’m guessing that the engineers from Lucas (Prince of Darkness) have come out of retirement for this latest innovation in unreliable vehicle lighting.

Has anyone tried the wireless trailer lights...

In warmer locations, dark colors and epoxy don’t always do well.

As a fairing additive, I use glass bubbles. I get ‘em from Merton’s Fiberglass supply. http://www.mertons.com/Additives/bubbles.html. $48 for 5 gallon pail. I add a little Cab-O-Sil which makes...

Local people are better authorities on what works in your area.
Ask W17 designer and owners whether there’s adequate stability when amas are folded.
I’d have more trust in mooring attachment...

That’s an especially elegant bit of hardware. The boat is lovely, too.

I’d use ordinary bronze wood screws. With five screws going into a relatively skinny member, it’s important to size the...

The deceptive rascals might call it dark blue.

As Wiz suggests, there are reasons not to use such a dark color on a wood or epoxy boat.

Another brand name generalized.

Isn’t Micarta strictly paper-phenolic sheet, same as Formica?
… or has Tufnol become a brand for a broad range of composite sheet materials?

My birdwatcher friends gauge spring by the arrivals of migrating birds. Some friends are stalking the roseate tern this afternoon.

To wooden boat junkies hereabouts the emergence of the Concordia...

The Tufnol used in boat hardware back then was a composite of linen fabric and phenolic resin.

McMaster has a cotton-phenolic composite in sheets. ...

I did mine by bonding a piece of G10 tube into a slightly oversize hole.

I thought RCH stood for Royal Canadian Hair.

Linking the long grain of the two pieces is an excellent idea.
Depending on your skill and ambition, there are a few ways it could be made easier or fancier:
- Hide the spline by making its slot...

Rather than having this committee redesign Retreat’s construction one stick at a time, I’d suggest that you seek out a fully-baked design for a similar craft done by a competent designer in plywood...

+ 1 for Van Fancy. Adequate quality and very fair prices.

A few years back, I was making some very small skiffs for grandchildren and they made me some properly sized oars for them. Did a nice...

There’s an email and a phone number. Anyone tried them before hanging crepe?

The Covid pandemic provided the opportunity to recover from the one-big-bucket model and try to impose a little order. Here’s the heart of the stockroom.
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The principal storage units are...

If a tender visits a bigger boat that has significant flare or overhang in its topsides, the tender’s gunwales need to cushion contact from the side and FROM ABOVE. I have yet to see a rope or coir...

+ 1 for Interlux’s Interprotect and Jamestown’s TotalProtect.

They lay down flatter than epoxy resin. You won’t feel the need to sand much.