
Mike Vacanti
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10 GoodAbout Mike Vacanti
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- Birthday January 1
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Roseville, CA
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Inland sailing and small boatbuilding. I've built 1 small sailboat, a Bolger Junebug, launched in 2000 after a year long build.
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Mike Vacanti started following B&B Launches brand new website!!, CS17 #125 FINALLY completed, Plywood quality and 7 others
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Topside paint is not waterproof, it is normal for it to bubble or lift if soaked in water for a week.
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What type of plywood to use for small boat construction is a source of never ending debate in internet discussions. Personally, I wouldn't build a boat with anything other than name brand marine plywood. Joubert and Brynzeel are 2 very good manufacturers. I know that some low quality far eastern manufacturers stamp their plywood with 1088 but it's really meaningless. The reputation of the manufacturer is the important thing.
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There is really only 3 things that could cause the epoxy to not harden. 1. The temperature is too low. 2. The resin-hardener ratio was incorrect. How did you measure the resin and hardener? 3. The epoxy is defective. This seems the least likely culprit.
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What a good looking boat, thanks for posting. More pictures would be welcome.
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A single layer of glass is no where near 1/16", here is a handy table from the WEST Systems epoxy folks, laminate thickness
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It looks like there is no fiberglass sheathing on that rudder.
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Core Sound 20 Mk 3 -- #4 "Chessie" . .
Mike Vacanti replied to Pete McCrary's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Pete, I noticed that the weight of the boat with all gear but no crew is 1350 ponds. Did you actually put the boat on a scale to get this number? Thanks for publishing your owners manual, it was interesting to read. -
Interlux PrimeKote came out rough textured
Mike Vacanti replied to SewerSlave's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
It's also possible that you didn't thin the primer enough. -
Setting up a PFD for small boat Sailing
Mike Vacanti replied to Alan Stewart's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Todd, Holy cow, thanks for sharing your harrowing story. -
How best to apply the perfect waterline?
Mike Vacanti replied to Mark Baumgaertner's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Here is a video that shows one way to do this. This channel has a lot of interesting boatbuilding videos. Mark a waterline on a dinghy -
On the CS 20 page there is descriptive text but the pictures being referred to don't show up.
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B&B's first annual "Capsize Camp" July, 20-22
Mike Vacanti replied to Alan Stewart's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
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B&B's first annual "Capsize Camp" July, 20-22
Mike Vacanti replied to Alan Stewart's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
There is a German company that markets an auto-inflating masthead float that might keep the boat from turtling. It's not cheap but it would greatly reduce the windage compared to a solid float, auto-inflating masthead float -
Peter mentioned a breakaway cleat, here is a great example available through Duckworks
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Here is a description of a poor man's CNC: DIY NACA foils