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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.