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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460118703321

Autore

Du Plessis Hugo

Titolo

Fibreglass boats [[electronic resource] ] : construction, gel coat, stressing, blistering, repair, maintenance / / Hugo du Plessis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2010

ISBN

1-4081-5617-2

1-282-95973-5

9786612959738

1-4081-2305-3

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

623.8/458

623.8207

623.8458

Soggetti

Fiberglass boats - Maintenance and repair

Fiberglass boats - Design and construction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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