Marine Boat Cover

Joel, update your post and let us know why you're having these problems. There are far too many variables unknown for anyone to make even an uneducated guess on suggestions.

2009-03-03 04:03:32 by Joel B

The Lonely Island - I'm On A Boat

WHO MAKES IT???

Looks like a Buddy Davis

2010-03-14 13:07:52 by Jared Wood

Price: $32.99 $13.49

Protects Your Stereo From Outside Elements
Spring Loaded Flip-up Door
Smoke Colored Housing Window

I just bought a boat and need to repaint the whole thing, the people who owned it before me put a horrible job of non-skid over the original glassed in non-skid. They used marine paint and sand... so thats two layers of non-skid to deal with. I was wondering if I could just cover the whole mess with fiberglass and start fresh instead of the chipping and grinding?

You have to grind down until you have a stable base. It sounds like the people did a hack job just to sell the boat. You can try to avoid it, but delamination will probably be an issue later.
It's best (cheaper in the long run, too) to deal with the problem now. You can give Jabsco a shot to remove the non skid.
Sorry.

2008-04-12 20:53:34 by Kris T

Price: $10.99 $4.25

To remove the plug, just rotate it 20 degrees and pull out.
12 Volt receptacle
Perfect for boats, which vibrate and bounce due to rough water.

I build a wooden jon boat. The boat is 7 feet long, by 2 feet wide. The sides are 13 inches. If I just expoy the seams and then paint, will it float? I used 3/4 inch pine wood to build it, and used waterproof glue and brass screw to fasten it together. I was told this would be fine, because it will not be in the water all the time. I was planning on just using exterior house paint as by primer coat, and then cover that with a floor paint designed for bathroom use. I was told this would be fine, based the fact that it wouldn't be in the water all the time. Is this a good plan or was I mislead? I'm asking because some people say to expoy the whole boat. I want to use 3 to 4 hours, every other weekend. I only need the boat to hold up for one summer.

Taping the seams and filleting with thickend epoxy is the way to go for long life, as would a further three coats over the surface. However the painting idea you have above will probably give you your one season, and very cheaply. CPES and similar products are all right as far as they go but they are not waterproof and require over coating as above.

The epoxy will give you many years of life, at least a decade if done right, possibly twice that or more if the boat is stored right from experience. The painting with house paint will give you a year or two. So that is why you are getting told to use the epoxy products. It is your boat, and if you want to just paint it and use it then that is fine, and no you are not getting misled. There are a lot of ways of painting a boat. Often the same paint could be put on very differently by different painters, and none doing it wrong either.

2010-02-13 13:29:22 by Paul H

Why is quarter inch plywood to risky.How bout honeycomb method with quarter inch plywood sandwiched together with honeycomb structure in between. Also where can i get CAD viewer on the net.Can i submit a design to an engineer to test.Is honeycomb a proven method.I would like to make a boat about 12 to 14 feet long for fishing in lakes and able to attach at least a 9.9 outboard motor.
Is fiberglass worth doing and how expensive is this technique.I thought I would use three coats of any kind of primer with three coats of marine paint or concrete (covering) paint on the hull or bottom of the boat.I was going to use brass screws also.I thought about using ribs and incorporate them into the seats to be out of the way.Also the seats would also substitute as storage boxes.I planned on making my own set of oars with three pieces of wood each.I also thought of attaching an upright seat to the bench type wooden seat I was going to install.
Any help would be much appreciated.Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

To start with, get plans. You can contact Small Boat Journal, Messing About in Boats or Wooden Boat for contacts for plans. We know someone who made a boat from luan, 24 feet by 4 feet, a schooner. It was a Phil Bolgers light schooner. It held a 4 man crew and won a race off Fairhaven, CT in the sharpie class. Dynamite Paysen is the name regarding stitch and glue. Use te West system over wood, not fiberglass. Most of Phil Bolgers boats can be built that way.

2006-09-09 16:01:50 by v3ry_funny