SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

if it is for the stringers or ribs I would go with foam and glass it in, still nasty but far easier to shape than ply. A couple coats of woven matt and they will be strong as an ox! Then an 18mm ply deck on top .... that was my plan last november still progressing the project however! Seems a simple ...

http://www.sealsdirect.co.uk/shopping.a ... rtmentId=5

something like this?

lots of suppliers for marine specific too if you are happy to pay, you can get rubbers that rivet on and have a neat little insert to go in the gap

not that far south my friend, I am in sunny Plymouth where the weather is c**p! I can post it up at some point. Let me know, I also have a tenant that goes home to Bournemouth every once in a while I will have a chat with her.

my 460 had a thick plank (a little like a scaffold plank) under the formed floor sitting on the foam.

Scredwed in to this (on top of the glass but screwed down in to the plank) was a plate for a ski pole to be mounted.

All in the past tense as the deck is now gone along with the plank!

I do ...

Its all I use mine for, the 460 has never done a day at sea without some blood spilt!

So I have heard! In for a penny in for a pound!

The hull doesnt really need it but I may give it a go whilst there is no glass etc on the topside and I can flip it.

I am not adverse to paint but run the boat pretty hard and hear gel is much tougher, nothing worse than getting a lovely finish on ...

As part of my seemingly long term refurb I am considering re gelcoating the hull.

Better to do it now than after I have done the deck and topsides for the hassle and obvious scratches I will make with my luck in turning it over.

Does anyone have experience of gelcoat. I can not understand, with ...

Get a 460! Best boat I have owned, have never had a 535 but would probably say the same if I had

Bring on the filler! What have people done with them melted them all down?

Its all about the live sandeel down here and bass are worth £££'s (to some not me of course)