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by Captain James R. Watson Staying within a set budget of time and money can be the toughest of all goals for a boat builder. The beach cat I wrote about in this issue is the 19th boat I’ve built from scratch. From these projects, and from talking to many folks building similar projects, I’ve learned […]
by Jim Derck—GBI Technical Advisor When using WEST SYSTEM® 300 Mini Pumps, the most important things to remember are: Read the instructions. Use one full pumps stroke of resin for each one full pump stroke of hardener to get the proper resin-to-hardener ratio. If you’re ever concerned that your pumps aren’t metering properly, simply mix […]
By Allan Eugene Mechen The 200-year-old wooden figurehead from the ship H.M.S. UNITE’ was in a serious state of rot in March of 1994 when restoration experts began work to save her. They completed the painstaking process in October, 1994. Examining the figurehead on site, we saw that it had been previously sheathed in fiberglass. […]
The title signed on the figurehead repaired with WEST SYSTEM® products and featured in Restoration of a Figurehead in Epoxyworks #6, gives the following history of her host ship: H.M.S. UNITE’ Fifth rate frigate ~ 38 guns Captured from the French in 1794 Previously named Imperieuse. Renamed Unite’ in 1803 Was in three Successful Actions against the […]
Courtesy of Peter Townrow Melanie was built in 1919 by the German shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen, and previously bore the names WOLF and SANPAN. The 42’ sailboat was purchased in 1956 by Sir Eric Seal, Winston Churchill’s former secretary. After Seal and a group of civil servants restored her, MELANIE became the first yacht of […]
