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Love the great cut away photo. I agree photos are very instructive, do you have more?

Well, I have placed laminated beams epoxied inplace under the gunwales to strengthen the upper portion of the hull ( to support deck and fit into the bulkheads). Removed most of the old paint inside, cut and fitted bulheads and floor braces but did not place them in yet. I found the old foam in the ...

Thankyou for the advice. -Summersdawn "I once talked to a guy who claimed to have worked building fiberglass boats for the Canadian Navy." The hull is thick and seems in excellant shape. The only problem areas appear to be cracking in the gelcoat near the gunnels in couple of spots due to ...

I'm working on making a 1964 fiberglass Navy (RCN) Whaler of the montague type more functional. I was wondering if anyone would know about the materials they would use on fiberglass back then? The interior fiberglass woven mat is impregnated with a white chalky like primer (at least I think it is) u...

I had originally started off building R/C ships, and found it typically took 5 years to make a good model. I figured I could build a boat faster. My first boat project took three years, see here at: http://www.members.shaw.ca/Klipit/My_Boat/index.htm Found out I loved the work (I was a terrible wood...

Goodday, new here and below I describe my next project. Last year I had managed to pickup a Montague Whaler, a surplas Canadian Navy 27ft (6ft beam) GRP Whaler. It had sat in a farmers field for the past 10 years. The fiberglass hull appears to be good, but the inside required the entire summer to r...