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Marine Ply is not a be all and end all it is often A/B exterior with LESS VOIDS A/C exterior is more common than not in modern boat construction I used MDO G2S plywood for applications where the plywood was more than a core with superior results It was designed along time ago with a bonding...

Located Essington PA Had planned on making a center console workboat out of it retiring and moving on Stripped out hull rotten deck and stringers removed [email protected] [email protected] 610.764.9092

Self Etching primer is the important thing on to clean metal

Along time ago in a galaxy far far away when dielectric grease was un common we would use anhydrous lanolin if that was not readily available regular grease would do. Any thing to seal it up. I always pot my crimps in silicone caulk

I would always recommend taking your out of date fire extinguisher and having one of the kids discharge it after a discussion of PASS Have fun at camp on a hot day with water extinguishers and a five gallon bucket with a gallon in it The kids are on each side and compete to see who can move it...

I go 2:1 with a 40 pound anchor that we hand launch. If it is windy and the current is up I will use a sixty but our purpose is to hold station at one end of a starting line. Parkers have a lot of profile up forward and like to move around in the current

Assume G force and then space prohibit putting the batteries from being forward with the troller We used to put sailboat bowthruster batteries with the bowthrusters and then smaller gauge conductors to charge them 48 to 65 ' LOA

We have 2 mid 30s sailboats in the yard that are painted with the new version. One needed a repair and it came out great with a mid side blend. Little wiggle in the surface if you look closely But the gloss is gorgeous. The other one has a reverse transom about 30 degrees and it gets so hot...

Takes a lot of guts and commitment to paint a boat black. Beautiful boat. What did you use for paint?

I own the tools but do the PVC repair on my boats. Whatever you do make sure you seal the plywood Atwood makes a repair kit in Polyethylene that snaps in to place in existing 1 inch hole

The wax stops the catalyst from gassing off the surface and allows a chemical bond for the next layer. When you build a boat the first thing you do is wax the boat then paint it then start adding reinforcements to the paint. Waxed polyester resin has a longer shelf life because the wax stops...

What do you intend for final finish Gel cote or bottom paint if the boat is going to be stored in the water do repairs with epoxy and do not worry about gel cote Gel Cote does not like being immersed in water If it is all trailer sailing you can do a gel cote repair but be aware that it will...

I tape a spare fuse on the inline bilge pump fuse. When they pick up junk they will blow the fuse. But clean it out and replace the fuse and back in business

Not a lot of experience with 4200 Huge amount with 5200 4200 may be good enough and possibly a better choice with the shorter cure time " don't let perfect get in the way of good enough "

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