Products in Boat Maintenance and Repair

Most boaters spent too much time and money trying to find cleaning and maintenance products that can keep their vessels in top-notch shape. Bill Burr's Boat Maintenance ends those costly searches by providing today's most comprehensive guide to the techniques and products that can preserve and protect your boat year after year. --- Expert advice on more than 150 brand name products. --- Quick answers to typical boat problems. --- Money saving tips on low cost generic substitutes. --- Weekly, monthly & seasonal preventative maintenance schedules. --- Data on the chemical components and environmental dangers of products. --- Safety tips on proper product handling. Hardcover. 170pg.

An indispensable book that details the various repair and maintenance jobs that crop up with every boat after every summer season, and then describes how these jobs must be tackled so the boat is as sound and seaworthy as the day she was built. Covering the makeup of both sailboats and powerboats, this book is packed with detailed instructions, tips and hints that reduce the cost and effort of maintenance work. It is a must for every boat owner who wants to keep their boat well maintained and in shipshape condition. Softcover. 288pg. Full color illustrations throughout.

step-by-step instructions cover everything from safety precautions to material selection to the final lamination process. Practice exercises offer hands-on experience for working with glass cloth, mat, core materials, and resins. Information is provided on molding, structural concepts, and the caring for cured fiberglass. There is even a list of suppliers, repair techniques for materials other than fiberglass, and a complete section on covering wood with fiberglass. Softcover. 260pg.

A great how-to book covering every facet of fiberglass boat repair techniques and strategies from cosmetic touch-up, to gelcoat blistering, to major structural rebuilding or modification. The author speaks from decades of experience as a builder and surveyor. Hardcover. 171pg.