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Think Before You Fiberglass

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THINK BEFORE YOU FIBERGLASS   You are ready to apply the fiberglass covering to the boat you are building. All of the screw holes and imperfections have been filled and sanded smooth. You even took great care to minimize sanding over the Douglas-fir plywood surface as you knew that would accentuate the grain and cause […]

Super Spartan Build by Roberta Part 2

On November 30, 2011, in News From Gayle, Outboard Powered, by Gayle Brantuk
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We’ll continue to follow Roberta’s progress on her Super Spartan build as posted on our Forum. If you’d like to read the first blog post, you can read it here. Thursday, November 17, 2011 This morning I installed the floor battens, the next step in the order of business. I struggled a bit trying to […]

Build Your Dream Boat #21

On August 3, 2010, in Build Your Dream Boat Series, News From Gayle, by Gayle Brantuk
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Today we’re going to talk about fiberglassing a wood boat. Many are under the impression that when you apply fiberglass to a wood hull, it makes it structurally stronger and therefore, thinner or less quality wood can be used. This is NOT correct. First, let’s define what we mean by “fiberglass”. We are referring to […]