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Going to get to my build one day... Until then... I realized I have all the materials necessary to do some glassing practice. Instead of just gobbing together scrap pieces to be thrown in the trash, are there any practical methods for "testing" samples to determine glass content, or maybe ...

Thanks to everyone for the replies. I guess you guys have sold me on the plywood transom; I intend to construct the keyhole slightly differently than most mast produced boats by slightly over-sizing the keyhole in the transom by about 1/16"/1.5 MM and building this back with epoxy and 2 layers ...

Jacques, I appreciate the reply. I would like to plan on using a 5.7l V8 with Bravo One stern drive equipped with freshwater cooling; I would anticipate total weight of drive/bracket/engine/accessories to be close to 1,000 lbs; is there any additional glassing I would need to undertake for this? Se...

Jacques, I appreciate the reply. I would like to plan on using a 5.7l V8 with Bravo One stern drive equipped with freshwater cooling; I would anticipate total weight of drive/bracket/engine/accessories to be close to 1,000 lbs; is there any additional glassing I would need to undertake for this? Sec...