Frame, Stem & Keel RepairPeter H. Spectre This work provides practical advice from experts who have done frame, steel and keel work themselves. They share their knowledge by taking the reader through specific projects and describing the step-by-step procedures so the reader knows what, how and why they did it. |
Contents
Why Bent Frames Break and How to Fix Them | 1 |
Bending Wood | 11 |
A Steam Box Primer | 17 |
The Repair and Replacement of Stems | 69 |
A New Stem and New Frames | 75 |
Replacing a Powerboat Stem | 85 |
Bending Stems | 91 |
Removing the Old Installing the New | 97 |
A New Keel for an Old Boat | 103 |
A Keel Lamination in Place | 121 |
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