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    Can you use bottom paint for a whole boat hull?

    What do you call bottom paint? Anti-foul is for preventing weed and barnacle growth - it is good at that but it is not pretty, sort of like thick blackboard paint in various colours.
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    Hi ive got to do a Physics presentation on glass fibre in sailing boats and need

    If you wished to demonstrate the technical attributes of the material you could ask what it is that makes Fibreglass construction so useful in boat building in the first place - one issue is the ability to copy in general terms any type of hull and shape. And once a mold is made the ability to...
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    Hi ive got to do a Physics presentation on glass fibre in sailing boats and need

    If you wished to demonstrate the technical attributes of the material you could ask what it is that makes Fibreglass construction so useful in boat building in the first place - one issue is the ability to copy in general terms any type of hull and shape. And once a mold is made the ability to...
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    Anyone know anything about the Stow Boat?

    You could use polyurethane sealant, try the construction suppliers. Good old Sikaflex 291. Wet suit seam glue/sealant might be good. Silicon only works as a gasket under compression, it's no good as a topical sealant anyway. Epoxy will only grip mechanically to PVC - that is after a surface...
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    In Australia what is the transfer cost of a boat from a different State?

    It's all about the weight, volume and height on a trailer for road transport. What size boat are you looking at? If you can fit it in a 40' container then that will work out easiest and cheapest Try www.boattransport.com.au www.boatrans.com.au Then there is Express Boat Transport 1800 600...
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    How many drive system are available for a boat?

    At least six. Yes I can name them.
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    where is a good crabb boat deck hand job.without traveling unto Ak state.?

    Ooh! Ascii pictures yay!! You want a good job on a good boat mate, you better list your time and tickets. Then you start ringing and faxing the owners and skippers, and if you do have the experiance you will know where to start, and that is not a shadowy corner of Yahoo - real skippers and...
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    What is a coil and plug lead doing in the rear of a Honda Civic?

    My son has bought a little 1990's Honda Civic, tuned headers into 2" pipe, twin carbs, twin cam 16 valve head etc. While putting his stereo in we discovered a complete ignition system set up in the rear. It appears to lead to the muffler, which was a twin sports system but is now a new...
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