An edition of Fibreglass boats (1973)

Fibreglass boats

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An edition of Fibreglass boats (1973)

Fibreglass boats

5th ed.

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The long-established classic on working with GRP to repair and improve your fibreglass boat.

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Publisher
Adlard Coles Nautical
Language
English
Pages
288

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Subjects

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Fiberglass boats, Military Science, Maintenance and repair, Design and construction, Boats and boating, maintenance and repair
Edition Availability
Cover of: Fibreglass Boats
Fibreglass Boats: Construction, Gel Coat, Stressing, Blistering, Repair, Maintenance
2013, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Cover of: Fibreglass boats
Fibreglass boats
2010, Adlard Coles Nautical
in English - 5th ed.
Cover of: Fibreglass boats
Fibreglass boats: fitting out, maintenance, and repair
1973, Alard Coles
in English - 2d ed.

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Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Section A: General principles; 1 Principles of fibreglass boatbuilding; 2 Materials; 3 Tools and working conditions; 4 Health and safety; Section B: Understanding how fibreglass can fail; 5 Physical failure; 6 Destructive influences; 7 Fatigue; 8 Factors of safety; 9 Effects of heat; 10 Fire; Section C: Turning a bare moulding into a boat; 11 Glassing-in; 12 Joins; 13 Stiffening; 14 Bulkheads; 15 Attaching fittings; 16 Sealants; 17 Hardspots and stress concentrations; 18 Double shell mouldings; 19 Sandwich or cored mouldings; 20 Wood and fibreglass.
21 Fibreglass and other materials22 Access; 23 Weathering; Section D: The gel coat
that shiny fibreglass look; 24 Gel coat; 25 Nasty little lumps; 26 Can the gel coat be saved?; 27 Replacing a gel coat; Section E: In the beginning
moulding; 28 Conditions for moulding; 29 Moulding; 30 Moulding faults; 31 Mouldless construction; 32 Thickness; 33 Mechanisation; 34 Inspection and quality; Section F: Maintenance and use; 35 Design for low maintenance; 36 Maintenance and cleaning; 37 Overloading; 38 Painting; Section G: Repair; 39 Temporary repair; 40 Minor repair; 41 Major repair.
42 Every crack tells a story43 Testing; 44 Disposal; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London
Other Titles
Fiberglass boats

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
623.8207
Library of Congress
VM321 .D8 2010eb, VM351

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (viii, 288 pages, [16] pages of plates) :
Number of pages
288

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Open Library
OL26395000M
Internet Archive
fibreglassboats00dupl
ISBN 10
1408123053, 1408156172, 140812274X
ISBN 13
9781408123058, 9781408156179, 9781408122747
OCLC/WorldCat
701248768

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