Hi... I also am removing, painting,and now getting ready to reattach the coaming. About half of my rivnuts have pulled out and they are not easy to buy. One archived article suggested bolts,washers and locknuts. I would love to use them, but....the foam supports are in the way under the deck...
Hi.... In a similar creative vein I designed two "goal post" type crutches out of PVC pipes. For about $12 at Menards I got every thing I needed. There's a standard pipe size that exactly fits the mast hole, and I added a 1/2" alum.rod that fit perfectly in the gudgeon. With a few attached...
Thanks for your ideas. I am glad someone else has considered removing the wet foam rather than spending months/years trying to dry out the hull. The other idea I considered was to fill the empty rear deck space with an inflatable float/bladder like they do in kayaks and whitewater canoes...
Hi... I love buying old boats and fixing them up. Well, I got a dandy of a boat this time.... ugh! Surface has cleaned up okay and the hull is solid; I just added two inspection ports, near the coaming, and on the back deck. The front hull is reasonably dry... but the back half of the boat...
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I am currently building a rudder (and daggerboard) for an old Laser. (I am making them out of cedar, then epoxy/glassing them). I have no actual rudder to copy, so I am searching the internet for pictures of the rudder. I now have a plan and dimensions, but have a question about...
Many thanks, Tillerman, for the link to the dimensions. I searched those documents and had trouble finding an actual diagram.... You got me right to it. Now I will just convert to inches and start cutting tonight. See you on the waves. Thanks. Jim
Hi... Help...I need some quick information from a current Laser owner.
I got a decent Laser hull for almost nothing and am now starting to make a dagger board and rudder for this boat. I can figure out the width, foil shape, and angles... but I can't find a length for a standard Laser...
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