S2 7.9 Meter Class Association

Anyone that feels S2's weren't built well, doesn't belong on this forum/site. I never said that either Stef. Once again, some of you continue to put words in my mouth. I'm really tired of this PC crap about not being able to point to a problem so as to bring a well thought out solution to it withou...

A friend of mine hit a large rock at speed with his board. Impact was hard enough to send him onto the cabin floor from a position ahead of the traveller. There were no hull cracks but minor repairs were necessary to the board and the hull. The repairs were professionally done by a very competent s...

Sorry for a few typos, wish there was an "edit" icon somwhere!

Normbue, I try to work smart, not hard. Still, things almost always seem to be hard no matter what. On that note: the best way to find suspected bottom leaks is to pull the boat out of the water, let the bottom dry completely, then start adding water to the interior. If you have the boat level then ...

Just now seeing this, haven't been on here since January or so, sorry if that set the poster back. Even though the front and back of the boatd trunk/hull area is "solid glass", it's not very well done (in my experience) as far as the layup goes, and most importantly, the builder used Polye...

One big advantage of the upward curved tiller is leverage. With a straight tiller and the 7.9 geometry. A good bit of leverage is lost because you're actually pulling up and pushing down, not just straight in and out. Also, for tillers of a given length, the business end of the upward curved model w...

Getting rid of as much friction in the system as possible is as or more important than the winch. Going to all bearing loaded sheaves and blocks and reducing the line size to the smallest that will work in your self tailer and/or clutch makes a fairly shocking difference in raising the board.

You can bet your sweet bippee that WEST system would do everything in their power to keep anything negative about their products or recommendations from going public, ESPECIALLY on youtube!!!! Just like Hobie: the only reason that they still have such a huge market share is because they were the fir...

I never could get the second link to work. Just some personal history: in well over 44 years of working with composits, including Polyester and Epoxy, I have yet to ever see gelcoat cure when applied over epoxy! I have a good friend who's been working with all of this far longer than me and on many ...

If you can find some styrene somewhere, you can shave some paraffin into it to have a cured surface on your last coat. Saves LOTS of time, acetone/MEK and brain cells not having to get rid of the sticky residue before grinding/sanding. Then again, if you have a good glass repair shop close by you ca...

That's Polyester resin. The "Laminating Resin" differs from finishing resin in that the surface stays tacky even when cured so that the next coat will bond. Finishing Resin has paraffin in it which floats to the surface and seals that off from the air, allowing a tack free cure. But..... I...

I meant the fumes from polyester. Still not clear on what you're using though.

I wasn't unhappy or any other adjective about tye saber saw marks. Whatever floats your boat!

Polyester? With that you get a twofer: the repair and the stone!!!

What type of epoxy are you using?

Some people like big projects. I have a good friend here in Little Rock who is NEVER without at least 2-3 boat projects at a time, along with others of a non nautical nature. He is retired, but he has been this way since I met him in 1977 or thereabouts!