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Thanks for all the feedback. I googled making my own long board and got some ideas and made my own from some 1/2" marine plywood scrap, 22" by 4.5". I will be able to cut a single sheet of sandpaper in half and cover the board. This project is adding up in terms of dollars invested, w...

I have just rebuilt the transom (approx 30" by 70" biaxial cloth over plywood) of my 18 foot center console boat and need to fair it before painting with Awlgrip using the roll and tip method. My concern is to get a nice flat surface for glossy paint, smooth enough to not show a lot of imp...

I am doing some fairly extensive renovations on an 18 foot fiberglass center console boat, a Privateer 18. The transom is being raised to 25 inches from 20 inches, the glass covered plywood deck is being replaced and raised 2 and a half inches to make sure the boat is self bailing, the built in 18 g...