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    Bonding End Grain Balsa to hull sides

    Hi everyone Im slooooowly working through my rebuild and am getting to the point of reinforcing the sides of the hull. My boat is a 19 foot Regent Viscount (West Australian runabout). The sides of the hull are quite thin and deflect quite a lot without too much pressure. In order to stiffen up...
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    Deck thickness - marine ply

    Hi everyone Well I am slowly getting through a rebuild which I alluded to nearly 6 months ago. Once done I'll load up all of the photos. Im spending far too much time pondering over what thickness marine ply I should be using for the floor. My boat is a 20 foot fibreglass runabout with 4...
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    Polyurethane rigid foam stringer

    Hi guys I'm very slowly moving into the building stage (after completing the demolition stage) of my 19 feet fibreglass boat. The original sub-floor structure comprised of a fibreglass sub-frame stringer filled with expandable foam. Due to either poor construction, poor support on the trailer or...
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    Laminating Marine Ply Stringers

    Hello everyone This is a nice quick question. I'm using Vinyl Ester for my rebuild. When laminating 2 pieces of 3/4 inch marine ply for my stringers, in order to bond them together, what do I use: a) Thickened vinyl ester resin?, or b) straight vinyl ester resin?, or c) a layer of CSM and vinyl...
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    Extend stringers through transom for hull extension

    Hi everyone. I've been reading this form for quite a while but have only joined up today. What a great source of shared knowledge. I'm in the process of rebuilding a 19ft Regent Viscount (West Australian fibreglass boat). So far I have gutted it. Floor and stringers all gone. My plan is to...
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