The Fiberglass Boat Repair Manual by Allan H Vaitses

The Fiberglass Boat Repair Manual by Allan H Vaitses

The Fiberglass Boat repair Manual is a guide to cosmetic and structural repairs of fiberglass boats-large or small, sail or power. This book shows you how to:

• Replace deteriorated gelcoat, or repair the flaws in an existing gelcoat and recoat it with polyurethane or marine alkyd enamel paint;
• Strengthen a weak and overly flexible hull or deck;
• Repair holes through a cored laminate;
• Tab in loose hull liners and joinerwork;
• Make templates from the good side of a hull to reshape large shattered or missing areas on the other side.
• Repair or replace water-saturated deck cores,
• Repair keels, rudders, and centerboards,
• Rebed and refasten, underwater and on deck hardware
• Rebed and refasten, and strengthen hull-to- deck joints,
• Fix broken hatches, and make new ones when necessary,
• Treat the symptoms and causes of over-stressed hulls.