Practical Boat Owner - July 2018
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CLASSIC RESTORATION Mike Taylor charts the gallant history, fall into disrepair and now recent restoration of a historic motor c ...
DUNKIRK LITTLE SHIP personnel arriving at 0930 on 30 May. Moored up in Ramsgate harbour Nayland disembarked 28 troops. On 2 June ...
times and was in a poor condition, and was bought by Isabel Robinson for £3,000. In 1987 Peggotty was purchased by Joe and Penny ...
Repairs to the starboard planking Port planking turned out to be in better shape than those on starboard View from the stem: dec ...
the hull the next stage was to begin work on the starboard side. By hammering out the old roves the planking sections were remov ...
the rear and took Abbey a long time to create the fi nal shape before she was able to clamp it into position ready for gluing. I ...
PRACTICAL 1 Cut two identical pieces of 20mm-thick hardwood slightly larger than the size of the light unit: in my case they wer ...
Final assembly Drilling the clamp hole Opening and closing (^5) Fit a stainless steel hinge at one end of the mount. (^8) Tidy u ...
PRACTICAL Fixing foam -cored decks Structural problems with cored decks can affect many older boats. Rupert Holmes looks at how ...
PAGE NAME HEREPAGE NAME HERE This is a surprisingly quick part of the process – using an oscillating multitool saw blade Andy wa ...
PRACTICAL Foam suitable for boatbuilding is available from specialist glassfibre suppliers for around £30-40 for a 4ftx4ft sheet ...
The next stage is to laminate over the joins where the deck was cut away. Start by carefully feathering the edges on both sides, ...
Mike Coates describes the evolution that has made the International 2.4mR Class keelboat a cheaper DIY home build proposition ar ...
(^5) Two lengths of softwood are added to the wide aft section to give the panels stiffness and to ensure compliance with the no ...
(^2) The transom is fitted and the hull is then sheathed with a layer of 165gsm woven glass cloth and epoxy. (^1) The design uti ...
2 The hollow keel is glassed to the inside of the hull. Ring beam stiffening is added at the front and centre of the cockpit tog ...
2 The completed hull and deck are primed, fi lled and faired, then given a further light sanding in preparation for the top coat ...
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Accidental damage or osmosis trouble, the repair techniques are the same, says Tony Davies T he boat we’re repairing is a 15ft F ...
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