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A legendary commuter yacht by Mike Barker Above: The legendary commuter yacht THUNDERBIRD, underway on Lake Tahoe. She was built at Huskins Boat Works in Bay City, Michigan, which later became the manufacturing site of WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy. A little history lesson. Last year a cousin of the Gougeon Brothers, David Huskins and his family, […]
by Grace Ombry Above: Robert Patenaude performs emergency rudder repairs with G/flex so he can get back into the regatta and take first place. Robert Patenaude had ten miles left to reach the finish line in the Bermuda One-Two offshore race when a 30-ton whale hit Perseverance, his C&C 41, seriously damaging the rudder. Not […]
By Bruce Newell and Stan Bradshaw Above: Stan and Glenda Bradshaw in the Mad River Freedom 16′ Royalex canoe repaired with G/flex Epoxy in August 2007 on the Blackfoot River near Ovando, Montana a couple of miles downstream of the Roundup Bar. The wooden gunwales of Royalex canoes can rip a hull apart if left […]
by Rob Monroe Above: 12oz fiberglass is used to patch holes in an aluminum boat. Fiberglass patches for both the inside and outside of the hull were wet out with G/Flex 650. When we started testing G/flex Epoxy as a solution to leaky seams and rivets in aluminum boats, we put out a company-wide call […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Tom’s transom saving tip is to epoxy conveyor belt material into place, protecting the transom wood from getting crushed by the motor mount screws. Ten years ago, I replaced the plywood transom in my 16′ aluminum fishing boat. It had gone bad due to the motor mount […]
