Bill Sims

Can anyone recommend where to find the 2" turned posts for the reinforcing book shelves on the weekender. I have tried West Marine, Home Depot, and a hobby store called Michael's with no success. Thanks.

I have recently begun caulking the inside of my Weekender with the 3M 5200 sealant. The stuff seems incredible - like flubber. I have one question/problem...I have been finishing the boat as I go along and now I have a nicely finished boat (everything below BBL as the video says), except I am not the most beautiful artist with a caulk gun. Is there a way to smooth down the caulk bead once it is cured? Sandpaper? Something else? Thanks for the advice, Bill

Last Christmas my wife gave me a set of plans for a Weekender and I have been progressing steadily. I have monitored this board from time to time, but often I get into a "bunker" mentality as I work on the project. As I was looking around the site, I noticed a comment about scarfing the rubrails because of the line and the continuous rail provides structural support for the hull. Well, I should have come out of my bunker earlier, because I used 2 pieces butted together on the port side. I am happy with the line of the port side and am planning on scarfing the starboard side, but I am really concerned about the structural integrity now. I am using West System epoxy and have seen a couple Weekenders without rubrails altogether, so I need some opinions an whether I should remove the rails from the port side (?!@#) and redo them or not worry about it. Thanks in advance for the input.