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saving money, sailing, maintenance, repair.
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- Modern
wood/epoxy boatbuilding
- Lightweight
boatbuilding
- Performance
decisions in boatbuilding/design
- Plywood
grades
- An overview of
using carbon fibre and much more
Why
Epoxy is Good for boatbuilding - Prevents Rot, Gapfilling, Good Adhesion
Glues
- Epoxy vs Resorcinol - short answer
Glassing
- Epoxy Resin vs Polyester Resin - short answer
Preventing
Rot Pt 1 - The Good, the Bad and the Fugly
Preventing
Rot Pt 2 - Epoxies that "soak in"
Eliminating
Screws and other Fasteners - save money and do a better job
Are
1 to 1 (1:1) Epoxys any good for boatbuilding
Using Epoxy - Fibreglassing,
Glass taping, Glues and Gluing, Coating, Teak Decks, Rot.
Fibreglassing 1 - small
areas - eg fibreglassing chines or joins between hull panels
Fibreglassing 2 - double
bias tapes
and glassing small complex areas
Fibreglassing
3 - bigger
areas - centreboards, rudders, leeboards, keels and larger hull areas
Saving Labour by
precoating plywood sheets with epoxy
Fast,
clean and accurate application of epoxy glue using snap lock plastic
bags (better than piping icing)
Labour
and material saving with
epoxy
Painting and
Varnishing Advice
Incase you
have
been hiding under a rock - cordless drills for timber structure assembly
Using
Sikaflex and Epoxy for Teak Decks over Ply
Why
is the epoxy still soft? Epoxy curing problems
What
is the best way of preparing timber for gluing or fiberglassing - sand
or plane
A
lightbox to keep epoxy warm so it
spreads easily and pumps well in cold weather
FAQ section on gluing endgrain in joints and scarfs
Boat repair methods - there is a
lot of information in the other sections as well
Best compilation of boat
repairing, restoring and painting informationas on the net for plywood
boats.
Fast, easy boat repairs because
of eliminating fasteners from the building process.
Fixing
up an old Plywood Racing
Dinghy - version 1
Fixing up an
old Plywood racing
Dinghy - International Cadet - detailed version 2
Fixing up an
old Plywood racing
dinghy - short - Mirror dinghy (plywood/glass taped seams) -
version 3
Removing
OIL and
DIESEL that has
soaked into Timber
Why
I hate Silicon sealant
USL
Code for finding sizes of timber
parts of older boats
Selecting
timbers to
build a canoe in Australia. Paulownia, Jarrah, Cedar - good
or bad
Building methods - general non
epoxy related - cedar strip, decks, lightweight timber
Torture
Boards - how to get cedar strip smooth
Joining
Deck Plywood - a bad method and the proper method
Lightweight timber for
lightweight
boats - Paulownia (Kirri)
Design and
Plan Stuff - Changing designs, Birdmouth spars, Dory, Impact and
Collision
Crimes agains boatbuilding and
boat design - is it OK to shrink or extend a boat in this plan
- and a case study
Old
designs (Hartley etc) vs Modern Designs (epoxy technology)
How
the plans business works and, perhaps, how to use it to your
advantage
Birdsmouth Spars -
butt joints or scarf joints?
Is it sensible to
design a lightweight plywood Dory
for rowing or sailing?
Building cedar strip boats strong
enough to take impact - canoes and sea kayaks and beach landings
Canoe Design - features of
plywood,
strip planked, fibreglass canoes and sailing and paddling canoes
Racing Boats, Using Boats, Boat
Safety, Boat Tuning including Lug and Sprit Sails
Learn
to sail - choosing a first
boat
Why wearing lifejackets is essential
- and how to get kids to wear their lifejackets!!!
Setting up lugsail and
spritsail rigs (also lateen sails) for excellent performance - focus on
balance lugs.
Racing
Sailing Dinghies and Yachts
- the low stress way of doing very well !?!
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