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Auto windshields are made of laminated glass - two panes of glass separated by a clear plastic film. You don't have to go to an auto glass shop to get laminated glass - it is commonly available in...

CP Adhesives I think in New Jersey. cpadhesives.com

The New York Public Library, on Fifth Avenue with its two stone lions out front, is visited more by tourists than scholars although many scholars make good use of its collection and reading room. It...

You might get the book "The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction". The book has a whole chapter on deck construction including gluing thin overlays on plywood decks. The Gougeon Brothers make WEST...

The content of the post fails to meet the minimum standard required for an intelligent response and therefore should be ignored, as have most responders. I am interested in the tin foil hat. Where...

I am surprised that so few responses mentioned the Delta anchor. Not that I have any experience with it. I have used the 35 lb CQR oversized for the boat's length and dragged several times with it...

A simple sheet horse can be made from bronze rod, 3/8" or 7/16" in diameter, bent and fastened to the proper length for the deck. I don't know why anyone would go to the trouble to cast something as...

We could send them some fertilizer.

Mine tries to fold itself up if I get too physical with it while sawing or sanding. Disconcerting.

Google "used car parts", tell them what you want and many junkyards will email you with their price for the part. Exterior mirrors are a popular replacement item in New York where the streets are...

Nice boat but does it sound any good?

Recanvassing a deck that was canvassed is not difficult because the edge details are already there - you don't have to invent new details to accommodate a new material or technique. Canvas is...

I do not know a single sailor who drinks while underway. The anchor must be down and the riding light set.

I'll be there.

Me too.

My old boat had blocks made by Arthur Dauphinee in Lunenburg, NS. Bronze roller bearings, lignum vitae cheeks. They make that nice ticking sound as you ease the main ...

The displacement is high for its waterline length for a sailboat but I suppose not for a chunky motorsailer. Could you lighten the boat and perhaps add a few feet at the waterline? Stretch out the...

My deepest condolences, Jim.

Would you make copies of a artist's CD and try to sell it? Would you make copies of a book and try to sell it? A yacht designers work is no different. Yacht designers grant the right to build one...

This is probably off the subject but some years ago a boat, an old tug, was scuttled by its owner off Montauk in the Atlantic. The owner, a dentist, lived in Shelter Island and was fighting with the...

Sol Hurok was a famous New York City impressario in the 20th century - one who acted as agent for many musical artists who performed in New York. He was a Russian immigrant who came to New York as a...

I agree with Cleek's explanation of what a table of offsets is. I would add only that the table of offsets is created by the designer by scaling (measuring with an architect's scale) his/her lines...

"All show and no go" is not accurate. There was the Affordable Care Act, up there with Medicare and Social Security in significance. Dodd-Frank. The new Consumer Protection Agency. Violence...

If you think Obama is at fault for not following through with what you call a campaign promise then you really know nothing about how money ultimately becomes available for such uses as hiring...

Consult Skene's Elements of Yacht Design by Francis Kinney for a simple recipe for companionway ladders, including recommendation on width.

If you are the designer of your boat how can you be asking such basic questions as what materials to use on this forum? You will get some responses from people with even less experience than you...

After thinking about a suitable spot to meet, I remembered the Peter McManus Cafe, at 7th Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets. It's one of the last authentic dives in the city. I used to have my...

I'll be here that weekend - I live here in Manhattan. I will suggest a convenient place to meet - some place not too noisy so we can hear each other.

Budget $50,000 plus $10,000 to redo the cabin trunk abortion. Then add something for engine, trans, shaft, prop, wiring. Don't forget an interior - a necessary amenity and of course, ballast keel. ...

The offset table is necessary to loft the lines. Once the lines are lofted the station molds can be made. If the builder supplied patterns for the molds then lofting is unnecessary as are offsets. ...

Might be OK if you have a desk job but not if you work out on the loading dock ....

Section 5 applies to Manhattan where I live. I think we should keep it in effect. I think it should apply everywhere.

It's a Dragon.

This sounds like overkill. The mast would be better made up of 3 smaller pieces laminated together. This is a situation where your local lumber yard may be the best place to shop for some spruce,...

If you are anywhere near where white oak grows then you know the answer. You will not need very much of it so even if you pay a premium it will not amount to very much. Use bronze fasteners - you...

I owned Rarus, an Annie whose design was altered by the designer although the hull shape was unchanged. If I recall, the plans called for thicker planking and closer frame spacing than you are...

Based on the advice you received, you got the wrong answer.

I think canvas decks are a good idea. I wouldn't even use plywood for the deck, but planking similar to the original. Canvas decks are easy to do and the canvas is not expensive. It lasts many...

Putting Sikaflex between the planks will not repair them, it will ruin them. A tight seamed hull needs to be kept as moist as possible to reduce plank shrinkage to a minimum. This means not...

Instead of listening to Republican propaganda about the need to balance the Federal budget, and the false analogy between the Federal budget and every family's household budget, try to educate...

In New York, in my experience, years ago the word asbestos was not even uttered. It was the "A word" and many contractors went into the removal business. Today one cannot file plans with the...

I would like to know more precisely what crime(s) the right wing believes were committed by the Administration that caused or contributed to the four deaths in Benghazi. If there was a cover up what...

Dr. Spoke, I have never been to Sweden, but I think its climate is better suited to tight-seam constructed vessels. I believe the climate in the NE US is more extreme - dryer winters, hotter summers...

I had a Dragon (29') built in Sweden with full length tight-seam planking, no butts. I hauled the boat in the winter and some years didn't get overboard until June and July. I didn't know any...

The daughter of friends of mine underwent a bone marrow transplant many years ago after barely surviving the long wait for a donor. They never learned the identity of the donor. The young girl...

Haven't been tempted to watch it yet. I take it there is nothing in it about boats or even wood.

You might ask the boat's designer.

Did you feel extra manly after your "clean kill" of the deer? "Knocked em down at 800..." It makes you sound like such a little weenie.

No good* came with Palin's candidacy. For a time the country risked electing a ditz as VP, a heartbeat away from the presidency. The good part came when the Repubs lost the election. She was then...

Buy a quart - it will be enough for now. Don't leave the boat outside in the sun and rain if you can help it. Keep it under cover, not necessarily indoors if that is impossible. There is lots of...