Bruce Roberts on Boatbuilding

[GordMay]

Building in Fiberglass Part 1 ~ By Bruce Roberts

Detailed text, photos and illustrations showing the various methods of sail and powerboat boatbuilding in Fiberglass Sandwich, Single skin fiberglass, Male & Female moulding. Building the shell; hull, deck and cabin construction. Specialist tools required.
http://www.boatdir.com/articles/arti...erglass-Part-1

Part 2: http://www.boatdir.com/articles/arti...erglass-Part-2
Part 3: http://www.boatdir.com/articles/arti...erglass-Part-3
Part 4: http://www.boatdir.com/articles/arti...erglass-Part-4

See also:

Building in Steel or Aluminum - Parts 1 & 2:
http://www.boatdir.com/articles/arti...minum---Part-1
http://www.boatdir.com/articles/arti...minum---Part-2

Budgets & Planning:
http://www.boatdir.com/articles/arti...s-and-Planning

[CaptainK]

Nice one Gord.

I have one of Bruce's books titled, Bruce Roberts "Boat Building - Steel * Glass * Wood * Aluminium." Copyright 1994 First Edition. Softback version.

It taught me alot of neat stuff about fiberglass boat building.

[Brent Swain]

If you are building a Roberts design you should check out the discussion on skeg failures on metalboatsociety.com
Brent

[CaptainK]

Louis.

I was not intending on building any boat Louis.

It seems you have a very bad habit of jumping the gun alot on the subject of Bruce Roberts. And maybe a personel grudge. I was just talking about his book.

Read more carefully before you post your thoughts, Louis?

[Brent Swain]

I think his comment in his book that a skeg should be designed to fall of if it hits something is a belief that he would probably apply to his fibreglass designs as well as his metal ones.
Failing to warn people of this would be irresposible.
Brent

[thruska]

Hmmmm.... brent, have you asked Bruce about it?