As stated before, the epoxy will have better adhesion giving the best possible results between polyester resin and epoxy. I did the screws through the...

I can't remember the guys name but for comfortable cruising, have you looked at "Slider" catamaran? I think the guys name is Ray? just google "slider ...

I can just hope mine works as well as yours does once I get finished with it.

Try looking at general fiberglass repairing videos on the internet or you could buy a/some CDs with the same information. Non critical repairs in fibe...

Sorry BN, I never got back to you. Things took a left turn here and I have to save money for expenses coming up soon it appears.

The perceived mentality behind that is frightening.

whatever that is supposed to be, I don't get anything by clicking on it.

Sounds good. I hate using old cabling that have places that can't be inspected like inside the swages or at the edge of the swages. That is where fail...

The deck one one of my hulls was so bad, I could flex the inner as well as the outer shells. I have used 1 gallon and 1 quart of epoxy resin to do jus...

Don't waste your time buying used. You can get new pretty cheap from Salty Dog and they are good. If you realy need cheap, you probably get them by ma...

Marine bondo type filler and a few coats of gel coat.

Nice sail and great family fun. Good luck on the job search.

did you use epoxy or polyester or vinyl-ester resin. Don't know much about vinyl-ester resin but for the others, 'l use gel coat. I am doing the same ...

So far I have just kinda rolled/coiled it up in about a 20 inch coil/circle but I don't kow how good that will travel. And the main is still folded up...

Yes, POWER!!! tools are a mans good friend. I still have enough equipment for a shade tree body shop and use my DA sander all the time on this boat. I...

bobcatnj wrote: Roll it with the main? That would be a rather tight roll and would likely put a state of memory on the cable if left for a long time l...

Don't need so stinking badges err.... zipper. My jib doesn't have a zipper. It has a cable in the luff(?). The only problem I see with this setup is ...

Well, I'm not one to go in for over kill and the hole in the keel of my boat went all the way through but it was small and I am familiar with bondo an...

Probably be OK. Keep a close eye on it. Personally, I'd grind out the bad and enough beveling around that to be sure it was fixed and done with. It sh...

Gel coating is easy . First clean real good and then sand everywhere you need to redo the gel coat. Get roller and roller naps that are quality. Make ...

The syringes I found that work pretty good are the "feeding tube" syringes where medical people put the liquid supplement directly into the patients b...

Well, I'm still at it. I bought the MarPRO epoxies and went to work First picture is showing the whole top on the hull taped off for drilling. The sec...

Yea, free is relative. I got a prindle 16 gifted to me and a very nice forum member gifted me a pair of pretty good useable sails but all the missing ...

Somewhere, I saw a video of someone building some kind of boat (think it was a kayak) and there are places to put resin and glass that he wasn't able ...

Pictures aren't really gonna show much when it comes to soft spots. I would go see the boats. Start with the closest one and if its a good buy, save t...

I found a place that sells the same stuff from a company called MARPRO and it is about half the cost of the west system. Does anybody know weather or ...

the entire front upper decks are soft. I guess I'll have to fix those first because I don't want any disasters. Really want to just have fun with it o...

I have seen that boom on ebay. Right now, it is just about twice my budget. being n"loose footed, I should be able have one made/make it from parts I ...