1) Planked boats

 

 

 

For this type of boat, the most traditional construction, filling and caulking have to be carried out periodically.
The C-Systems' 10 10 CFS epoxy resin, if used properly, reduces this maintenance repetition and “extends” sailing....

 

 

2) Plywood hulls

 

 

 

 

3) General considerations about wood

 

Wood was the first material used to move on water, the first to be used by mankind to plough the seas...

4) Protection and cleaning

 

It is necessary that the boat is brought on land and, if a shed is not available, at least a protection is needed with boards and plastic sheets forming a hut at least one metre longer and wider on each side, to protect it from rain and other negative climatic conditions....

 

 

5) External preparation of the wooden hull

 

Screws and nails, being “trapped” deep in the wood, show a small cavity mainly covered with filler..

 

6) Stern, stern, transom and keel

 

The boards are butted at the stem, forming the junction, the point of force with the opposite side...

7) Moisture control

 

When applied properly and at the right thickness C-Systems' 10 10 CFS creates a layer which is impermeable by moisture because...

 

8) Wood and glass covering

 

A job, which is finding ever more consensus and also exceptionally strengthens the hull, is re-covering with thin plates of solid wood or plywood...

 

9) VHS Videotapes

 

 

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