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Many freshwater marina's use a diluted muratic acid solution to clean the bottom of boats. They spray it on with a garden sprayer, brush it, let it sit a while and then rinse it off. Check with a local marina.

Dan's info about laminating and finish resins is right on the mark. I have repaired many old Chevy Corvette's and he is correct about how to use the resins. In automotive repair, epoxys resins are used for high strength joints where 2 pannels are joined together or to the frame. One more...

My 78 Fish had the same problem. She had a crack the entire length in the center of cockpit floor. The glass around the crack was wet and busted up for about 2 inches on both sides of the crack. Below are the steps that I followed to make repairs. I should have taken pictures during the...

Attached are pix of the first time on the water in my recently restored 78 fish. Got the boat last fall from a family that had it on a Wis. lake for years. I had to fix a hole in hull (about 4 inch in diameter) where the "once" tilting trailer tilted while going down the road. A nice big...

I am restoring (well making the boat seaworthy) a 78 fish that was abused and left sitting idle for several years at a faimly summer camp in Wi. I bought the boat from one of the grandchilden who sailed it when it was new. The boat came with a tilt trailer designed for a power boat...