Fibreglass boats : fitting out, maintenance and repair /
Hugo du Plessis.
- 324 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes index.
How to attach fittings and join mouldings -- Stiffening -- Using tools on fibreglass mouldings -- Designing for low maintenance and protection from chafe -- Odds and ends -- Decks -- Deck fittings -- Shroud plates and rigging -- Cockpit and coamings -- Cabin top -- Hatches -- Stem -- Ballast keels -- Bilge keels and non-ballast keels -- Centreboards, rudders and fittings -- Small boats, dinghies and launches -- Buoyancy -- Runabouts and outboard motors -- Spars -- Accommodation -- Inboard engine installation -- Tanks, plumbing and electrics -- Maintenance of fibreglass boats -- Repairs to fibreglass boats.