Recent content by Mlandries

Rolling and then tipping. Will not be a smooth a finish as your red sunfish, but at least seaworthy now

Update: finished sanding, applied thickened epoxy to leaks the two coats of cleat epoxy to form a.watertight skin, retested for leak and now applying paint. Will put 3rd coat totalboat topside paint on bottom the flip and paint the top. Plan to leave handles, centerboard and rudder natural...

Did visit the blog. Nice. And thanks fir the details on how to work my boat. Have applied thxio to seams and nails. Now need to do another leak test. Plant to coat whole thing with totalboat clear epoxy then will decide whether varnish or likely paint will do better

Thanks. I did the leak test using my battery powered ryobi sander's sawdust vent pipe. Fit just right in the hole up front. I found a number of seam and nail leaks but also found the hole where the mast goes in as well as the slot where the centerboard goes also had leaks. Both the...

Thanks for the advice. I know it was built from plans and is about 1/4 or 3/8 in thick skin. So pretty heavy. They built a 2nd and used a skin of very thin mahogany. Much lighter and very fast. I revarnished the lighter one several years back. Seems they did none work seal g joints and nails as...

My wife’s family has a couple of sailfish boats they made back I the 1960s. One leaks and I am working g to seal and refinish it. 1. Will basecoats of epoxy work as a sealer? Can I finish with Spar Varish over the epoxy base coat? Is i better to paint? 2. do I need to sand down to bare wood...