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Thanks everyone for your good advice, and sound opinions. I have gone with the Sikaflex because that was readily available, and recommended by most other people in the area where I keep my boat. I...

Thanks again, TJ. I will try the trick with the soap, to help remove the paint on the inside of my boat's hull. Is it carbolic soap you're talking about..? I suppose that would have a chemical effect...

Thanks again TJ, for your sound advice and sensible observations. I am pretty sure that this is the method he is using on my deck..? As well as the sikaflex 'sausages', he asked me to purchase a...

You are absolutely right, TJ. I have mis-named the thread, because I am not really re-caulking the deck at all. I am just re-sealing it, I suppose..? But thanks for the very detailed and useful...

Thanks BB, for your feedback. The work on my deck is going on at the moment, but unfortunately, I am not there to supervise, or to observe how it's going..? The guy doing it is a local craftsman, who...

Thanks, Bob, for your helpful, and enlightening advice. I was not aware that Sikaflex (or as you call it 'Goop') is liable to dry out and crack..? I thought it was meant to remain semi-pliable, so...

I would appreciate anyone giving me advice on, or directing me to another thread on the topic of, re-caulking a teak deck. I have a number of areas, mostly on the sidedeck, where the caulking...

Thanks John. I had a look at the Seahawk propeller you mentioned, and it is the same basic concept as mine. The adjustment for the pitch is different though. I have to diassemble mine completely, and...

Hi Eric, I tried various ways to support the blades, while I put the aft body section on and located the retaining screws, but in the end it was easier to find another pair of hands. Packing it with...

Thanks, Ron. I think you understand the problem the same way I do..! I felt that the blades were inclined too much fore and aft, and causing lots of wash, but very little forward thrust..? I will do...

Thanks, Hwyl. I will, of course, be seeking some 'expert' advice, as soon as the boat is out of the water. But it seems that there are an awful lot of 'experts' around, and they all seem to have...

I will try to attach a picture of the propeller in question. I am not at all sure of the dimensions though..? It looks less than 15" now..? All will be revealed when I haul the boat out next week..!...

Gentlemen, thanks for your feedback, and apologies for the delay in replying. I have been quite busy at work..! In answer to the first post, it is not a Maxprop, but a Boyprop. It was manufactured in...

Has anyone got any advice for me concerning the setting up of a 3-bladed self-feathering propeller. When I bought my boat, she was quite fast, very easy to manoeuvre under power, but since I...

Thanks again, and I am pleased to hear that you both generally agree with what I am planning to do. I will keep the 'hairpin' design (not hair-brained..?) but try to make the shape of the spars more...

Gentlemen, thank you both for your good advice, and comments about my bowsprit. In answer to you, Donald, the boat is a 38' Alan Pape-designed wooden sloop, built in Terrenganu, Malaysia. There are...

That's a nice ship, the Bristol Channel Pilot cutter..! Shame you had to let her go..? I don't live that near to Rolly's, but I do go there regularly, and will say 'Hello' from you, the next time I'm...

Hi Paladin,

Thanks for the advice about Raoul's yard, over in Chonburi. I am actually based in Phuket, on the other coast, so it may not be practical to use Raoul's yard itself..? But I will make...

Thanks Norm, for the good advice. I will figure out a way to get some pictures of my boat onto the internet (Flikr or whatever..?) and post them later today. I have been reading a number of other...

I am having a replace my bowsprit, due to a crack developing down one side. It is not an attractive feature of the boat anyway, so I want to find a better design, and adapt it to fit my boat..? It is...