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Fiberglass Boats

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ISBN-10: 0070503176

ISBN-13: 9780070503175

Edition: 3rd 1997

Authors: Hugo Du Plessis

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Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Introduction
General Principles
Principles of fiberglass boatbuilding
Materials
Tools and working conditions
Health and safety
Understanding how fiberglass can fail
Physical failure
Destructive influences
Fatigue
Factors of safety
Effects of heat
Fire
Turning a bare moulding into a boat
Glassing-on
Joins
Stiffening
Bulkheads
Attaching fittings
Sealants
Hardspots and stress concentrations
Double shell mouldings
Sandwich mouldings
Wood and fiberglass
Fiberglass and other materials
Sheathing
Access
The gel coat-that shiny fiberglass look
Gel coat
Weathering
Nasty little lumps
Replacing a gel coat
In the beginning-moulding
Conditions for moulding
Moulding
Moulding faults
Mouldless construction
Thickness
Mechanisation
Inspection and quality
Maintenance and use
Design for low maintenance
Maintenance and cleaning
Overloading
Painting
Repair
Temporary repair
Minor repair
Major repair
Every crack tells a story
Testing
Appendix
Technical terms & equivalents
Index