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again thankyou folks valuable help

pondered ,i shall paint the bow tank , primer then dulux weathershield, ill enjoy every minute doing it, summer is coming and i'm working on a plywood boat, excellent

If moisture gets in the ply it won't dry very quickly, especially in the winter and then you will find the outer paint bubbling and lifting.. Yep, inside a tank is a great breeding ground for rot and so on, its warm and humid and so on, and very rarely really dries out. Water will migrate to the ou...

have been thinking about the bow tank and painting or coating it with something , paint, varnish, epoxy etc etc, and i'm beginning to think this is the wrong thing to do, ok at first it will look great and you would think , ok that's sealed nicely , but, over time your coating may crack,and you may ...

which one is ok to use , was thinking about regular bathroom silicone sealant

mirror miracle, hatch going in the ply deck

rudder now varnished, a few new screws and center bolt

Fair comment about storage. Does your Miracle have the kingpost support set infront of the mast? If not this is a modification worth adding as it stiffens this area and stops the foredeck joint opening up when the jib is tensioned. Also while you have the foredeck off, lift the bow up and run a 'pu...

The Class rules prohibit hatches on the deck. They should be on vertical bulkheads. It is easier to fit as the surface is flat rather than the slightly curved deck. If I was at your stage with my restoration, I would bring the bulkhead aft to the cut away bulkhead. Gives more buoyancy and much easi...

If you can get it back to clean sound wood epoxy coat. If at all contaminated with previous coatings then paint. i painted the storage area today behind the bow tank, it was painted already but grubby on the floor and epoxy under it, so just gave that a good helping of paint , finish it tomorrow if...

paint out or varnish the interior of the bow , or leave it alone to breath ?

what are your thoughts chaps ?

lots of ways to hold down decks whilst gluing..... Bags of sand work well. Lengths of wood off the ceiling work well too. Also, tieing down with inner-tube bands works well. use your imagination! :-) cheers eib Speaking of imagination , candles , lino , and a bucket helped cure the epoxy under the ...

Thankyou very much folks , greatly appreciate your help , i have a cleat coming tomorrow , which i believe has the same springs, so i shall butcher that one , if all fails tomorrow i will definately accept your very kind offers, great stuff

I have sharpened the tufnol mainsheet cleats on my Finn, but the biggest improvement was from stripping them down, cleaning them out and using a lubricant. It is the case though that they don't grip as well on modern hard ropes, but I now only get a bit of slippage in strong winds. I put up with th...

The first and biggest patch so far has been put in place with the best 45 degree angles i could muster with a stanley knife and my sander , cemented in place with epoxy and seems on the face of it to be very solid although the fit was not brilliant, the epoxy made up where i failed. Going through th...

Graham T wrote:Epoxy - then you don't have to pin it down....

will still need to pin down the bow decks as they have a slight curve to them , but good point you make about epoxy , i can use a lot less pins than i would , if i were to simply use glue