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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Damn, what an incredible job Tom did! Posted By: Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee Date: 4/11/08 4:13p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: mast support (pic) (Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS) Far more than I will have to do, but much of the basic grunt work the same. I see where he glassed the entire under-sole, good on him! Also glassed the baffle support, support plate, etc. Great. Looks like he built up about a 5-6" glass layer atop his compression plate, also fab'd own compression post. Wow. One thing I could not really tell, was if he glassed the inside HULL. I know some have done it, or at least covered the hull. I've no idea as to why, though. Had simply thought bringing the glass 4-5" from blkhds onto the 'flat' of the hull would suffice. Still do, can't see any reason do the entire hull, as it's already all glass. ?????????? Still, I think I'll go the route of Rudy, and remove the entire sole. What I can't quite figure out is how did Rudy seal his centerline sole? I mean, he used TWO pieces of plywood, lengthwise, 'seam' meeting and traversing the CB trunk. I'll have to email him and ask if he simply 'attached at the trunk via 3M 5200 on each edge and, when dried, simply filled with resin. What a pain. Still, well worth it, as I truly can't see another trailersailor out there with all these (for me) like-able options, especially at a (dry) towing weight of only 3/4's of a ton. How many layers of resin only (no hardener) did you say you treated your wood with, prior to the mixed resin and glass work?

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Bummer! My 2023 WB tank has not been 'glassed! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/10/08 12:15p.m.

Bummer Dude -- Bob Frak -- 4/10/08 12:50p.m.

The tank will be damp, anyway, due to residual water in the tank. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/10/08 1:00p.m.

Tank notes -- Bob Frak 2023C Marquette Mi. -- 4/10/08 8:13p.m.

the drawings -- Paul Germain -- 4/10/08 9:21p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:02p.m.

Text -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:06p.m.

Text 2 -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:07p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:08p.m.

Drawings -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:10p.m.

awesome drawings, a treasure trove -- Paul Germain -- 4/12/08 12:23a.m.

thanks for posting! -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:32p.m.

Well, Bob, a couple of things. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 8:55a.m.

mast support -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 11:55a.m.

 Damn, what an incredible job Tom did!  -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 4:13p.m.

Not to butt in.... -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 9:36p.m.

And then I read... -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 9:45p.m.

But me no but's, brother! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:17a.m.

like Frank said, always use hardner -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 9:55p.m.

Alternative Ballast Tank Coating -- Tom, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 4/12/08 5:30p.m.

Good, God, Tom, that stuff sounds incredible! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 9:10a.m.

Seth, found an old ZIP file from a couple years back. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 4/11/08 9:05p.m.

no glass on the bottom -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 9:50p.m.

mast support -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:04p.m.

Mast support materal -- Bob Frak -- 4/11/08 10:28p.m.

That would work. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:25a.m.

Seth, you wrote: -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:22a.m.

rear bulkhead -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 4/11/08 10:18p.m.

I feel your pain. It'd break my heart, it leaking after all that work. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/14/08 8:30a.m.