Jack’s Guide to the Restoration of Older Model Yachts
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A guide to the techniques required to bring old wooden boats back to sailing condition. It draws on experience of a modeller active since the 1920’s and two of the most experienced restorers in recent history.
Sections include the following:
- Getting paint off
- Glues, stopping and fillings
- Old materials you may encounter
- Repairs to bread and butter hulls
- Keels
- Planked boats
- Masts
- Fittings
- Decks and varnished hulls
- Decks
- Cutting the waterline
- Brushes
- Glossary for USA readers