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Upholding TRADITION

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  1. Object: white ceramic tile floor corner with grout lines; Action: is dusty and cracked, showing hairline fractures; Context: adjacent to a door frame on the right, with specks and smudges.
    Boat Building & Repair
    Repairing Gelcoat Stress Cracks
  2. A polished wooden kayak lies on green grass outdoors, its deck lashed with blue bungee cords forming a crisscross pattern across the surface.
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    Building a Strip Kayak
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    BO-PEEP II 75-Year Refit
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    Repairing Fiberglass Powerboat Transoms
  1. An older man in a light-blue shirt holds an orange folder while a woman watches; they stand beside an exhibit with bulletin boards, brochures, and a model boat on display.
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    Building a Mini Hydroplane
  3. A hand-drawn instructional diagram focusing on a curved blade being cut and shaped; a clamped blade, a hand holding a file, and labeled steps with arrows. Text (best effort; some parts illegible): - LAPPING PART 2 - CUT THE TIP OFF - (additional handwritten notes are too faint to read)
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    Durable Edges for Centerboards & Flip Up Rudders
  4. Plywood template. A curved cutter beneath guides material removal from a workpiece; context: woodworking jig in a shop. Text in image: PLYWOOD TEMPLATE; MATERIAL TO BE REMOVED.
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    How to Build Rudders & Centerboards
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    Laminating TRADER in Estonia
  1. A white motorboat with a navy canvas cover; a man in a red cap leans on the cabin roof with folded arms. The marina shows sailboats, masts, and calm water.
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    Making a Hard Top for an H336 Sailboat
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  4. Polished wooden rowboat with a dark hull and light trim rests moored on a calm lake; varnished planks and slatted seats glisten as tree reflections ripple across the water.
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Crash! Fixing the Bow of a Crashed Lightning Sailboat

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Terry Monville, WEST SYSTEM Technical Advisor, fixes the bow of a lightning sailboat that was crashed in a regatta.

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    Why Cored Composite Laminates

  2. Large wooden veneer panel is tilted and held by green-gloved hands, positioned over a worktable in a bustling workshop with tools and wood scraps.

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  2. Boat Repair Projects with Wood Rot Repair Epoxy - Epoxyworks #62, Spring 2026 Issue.

    Repair Projects with Wood Rot Repair Epoxy

  3. Mud Guppy Gunnel Repair - Epoxyworks #62, Spring 2026 Issue.

    Mud Guppy Gunnel Repair

  4. Shenanigans sailing on Great Pond in Eastham on Cape Cod, from the article "Gravity vs. Sunfish—WEST SYSTEM® to the Rescue" in Epoxyworks 61.

    Shenanigans Part Deux

  5. "My Journey Around the World with WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy" by Eric Sponberg - Epoxyworks #60, Spring 2025

    My Journey Around the World with WEST SYSTEM Epoxy

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  1. "The completely-restored canoe, ready to join the fleet." From the article, "Giving a Canoe a Second Life" by Greg Hatten, featured in Epoxyworks 61.

    Giving a Canoe a Second Life

  2. A polished wooden kayak lies on green grass outdoors, its deck lashed with blue bungee cords forming a crisscross pattern across the surface.

    Building a Strip Kayak

  3. Custom knife with glow in the dark scales

    Readers’ Projects, Issue 54

  4. A cedar strip canoe by Kurt Mangseth.

    Readers’ Projects, Issue 53

  5. Unlimited canoe, completed

    Unlimited Canoe

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  1. A jagged white fiberglass boat fragment is held by a man in a light blue hoodie, in front of a large white yacht at a shipyard.

    From Wrecked to Watertight

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    "Repairing a Fatigued Laminate" by GBI VP of Technical Services, Jeff Wright - Epoxyworks #60, Spring 2025.

    Repairing a Fatigued Laminate

  3. Repairing Bow Damage on a Lightning Sailboat, by GBI Technical Advisor Terry Monville. Featured in Epoxyworks #58.

    Repairing Bow Damage on a Lightning Sailboat

  4. Replacing the Wet Core in Another Spade's Rudder, by GBI Technical Advisor Don Gutzmer. Featured in Epoxyworks #58.

    Replacing the Wet Core in Another Spade’s Rudder

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