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By Don Gutzmer ā GBI Technical Advisor What happens when the core of a water-damaged rudder canāt be saved? Completely replacing the core of a rudder may need to happen for a variety of reasons. There may be an inability to dry the core and still maintain the structural integrity, or the repair may need […]
By Ray McCarthy A friend gave me his well-used 1980 Sunfish sailboat, Stinkinā Tuna. He and his brother had learned how to turn the boat (tacking) by ricocheting off rocks on Long Island Sound. Over the years they had kept the wreckage floatable with the application of non-hydrodynamic fiberglass patches. Though they made the boat […]
By Stephen Clark Back in the ā70ās I bought a 10″ INCA jointer/planer. It came with a molded plastic chip diverter for use when set up as a planer. Back then, there were no thoughts on the designerās part of attaching a dust collector to the diverter. The diverter simply spewed chips out the front, […]
By Craig McCune After 20-plus years of vibration and pounding on the water, the molded plastic console on my 2001 LundĀ® boat was riddled with stress cracks and broken pieces. All of the fastener-mounting points were stripped out or broken. As often happens with older boat components, replacement parts were no longer available. Iād have […]
by Ron Graham I started working regularly at Pine Ridge Cemetery, an abandoned, historic cemetery in Bay City, Michigan in 2009. For several years, I concentrated on mowing and clearing out scrub growth (clusters of hawthorn with up to 1 Ā½” thorns). I reached a point where things looked better with the grass and trees. […]
