Recent content by Ninzel

Help! I can't get my mast sections apart on my full rig! I only got my old boat a few weeks ago and have finished restoring it. When I was first fiddling around with the mast I noticed that the sections were quite loose fitting. The advice to me at that point was to wrap just enough gaffa tape...

Thanks for your replies! I rapidly discovered the amazing benefits of a Dremel (well the A$50 equivalent anyway!) for removing dead fibreglass. I removed the soft fibre glass outer layer, did a bit of filling with Platibond (epoxy filler), and then reapplied new fibreglass to the repair. I...

A previous owner of my boat has placed a couple of strips of fibreglass lengthways along the sides of the cockpit over the top of the gelcoat. Its not pretty, but it seems to be fairly strong.

Hi everyone, Recently I decided to get back into sailing after a 10-year break and thought that getting into lasers would be the way to go. As a result, I have managed to get my hands on a "venerable" hull with some pretty good quality spars/sail/foils/lines. The hull is number 70095 and it is...