The Boat Owner's Fitting Out Manual |
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alignment aluminium angle aperture ballast basic beneath berth bilge boat boat's bolts bonded bulkhead cabin cable capping chainplates circuit coaming cockpit companionway compartment construction curve deck beams deckhead drilled edge ensure fairlead fastening fibreglass fiddley finish flush framework fuel galley gelcoat glass glue glued gunwale halyard hatch cover headsail hole hull skin important inside installation joint keel laminated landings light locker mast step mast wall match material metal method mortice and tenon mould mounted necessary panel particularly pipe planks plastic plate plywood pop riveting position prevent problems resin rigging rubbing strake rudder running rigging sailing screwed seaway secured shaft shape side skeg skin fitting space spreader stainless steel stiffened stove strength stresses stringers structural members suitable surface tank teak template timber trim tube usually varnish waterline watertight welding winch wire yachts