Overview
Main description
Step-by-step color photo guidance for
repairing and renewing fiberglass boats
If you don't have the experience of working with
fiberglass, any repairs to your boat must be done by high-cost
professionals or left undone. This entry-level guide uses
full-color, step-by-step photo sequences and line drawings
to present you with the basics in an easily digested form. You will learn how to:
- Save money and time doing your own fiberglass
repairs
- Improve the value, appearance, and safety of your
boat
- Work with materials such as polyester, epoxy, fiberglass,
carbon fiber, and core materials
- Fix annoying leaks; repair cracks; restore gelcoat;
fabricate new components
Table of contents
1. How a Fiberglass Boat Is Built
2. Diagnosing Damage
3. Materials, Tools, and Basic Techniques
4. Gelcoat Restoration and Repair
5. Making Joints, Plugs, and Molds
6. Hull, Keel, and Rudder Fairing
7. Major Repairs
8. Osmosis and Blister Repair
9. Finishing Your Repair Work
Appendixes
Author comments
Roger Marshall is an accomplished yacht
designer, competitive sailor, and author of 12 yachting books.
After designing for the renowned firm of Sparkman &
Stephens, he established his own design company, where he
has designed sailboats and powerboats from 15 to 65 feet.
Project manager in 1987 for the Courageous America’s Cup
team, he has written some 600 articles for boating magazines
worldwide and is chair of the publications committee for the
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
