Worries about entrapped water in the interior of a Boston Whaler hull are common. The construction of a Whaler is based on the "Uni-Bond" technique where two relatively thin uncured laminated shells are bonded together and filled with a liquid which quickly expands into foam. The boat is left in the tightly clamped molds to cure into a single structure in which the foam is continuously bonded to the laminate shells, producing a very strong and lightweight boat.

Yes, a little. It is impossible to avoid some seepage in a craft with underdeck storage. It should only be a small amount - perhaps a few cups after a day in the surf and it is easily drained through the bunghole. Gear stored below deck should be put in waterproof bags if it needs to be kept dry.

Yes. Tillandsias can be soaked in water for 1-3 hrs once a week. The soaking will thoroughly hydrate the leaves. After soaking, pick up the plant and turn it upside-down to allow excess water to flow out, then place the plant at a location with good air circulation (by an open window, balcony or patio) for it to dry properly. If need, use a portable fan to gently blow dry the plant (no hair-dryers please!).

PVA is a white wood glue commonly used for timber joinery, usually sold in home improvement stores, eg. Wal-Mart. Thinned with water, it can be used to paint over hull planks to form a skin. Two part epoxy resin brushed on, perhaps with a thin glass fibre tissue, as for model aircraft wings, is the method most often used. It's flexible and ideal for keeping the weight gain down. Scrape excess resin off with an out of date credit card.

All the studies indicate that hull blistering is caused by poor resin and fiberglass layup techniques. With some boat manufacturers, blistering is severe; with others the problem is moderate; and with others, negligible. Blistering is more prevalent on longer boats than shorter ones. Blistering appears to be related solely to manufacturing materials and processes. Neither an in-water mooring station nor bottom-painting will affect the development of hull blisters.

Pi Water is the water that is very similar to your body water. Our body water contains a very small amount of Ferric Ferrous Salt (Fe2Fe3). Pi Water is created by utilizing the Ferric Ferrous Salt. The water cluster of Pi Water is very small, so it hydrates our cells better. For more detail, please check out "about Pi Water" on this site. There are many causes for hair loss. Sometimes the cause of hair loss is due to dirt and oily pores.

a3. There are two sources of drinking water: ground water and surface water. Ground water is water that has infiltrated into the ground and is stored in aquifers, the soil and rock below the surface. Aquifers typically consist of gravel, sandstone, sand, or fractured rock. An aquifer can be confined or unconfined. A confined aquifer is when the ground water is bounded between layers of impermeable layers, such as clay.

A3. There are indeed a few pirates out there. Piracy is usually of the mugging variety, where pirates attempt to steal money, jewelry, and electronics from the crew. There are also two kinds of piracy, commercial and yacht. Commercial piracy is mostly around China and Indonesia. Container vessels have 10-30 crew members which can add up to a decent amount of cash (payrolls).

Yes, the underwater lights are specifically designed for thru hull fittings. The small lights are 2.36"/60 mm cut out and the large are 4" / 100mm cut out.

A hovercraft hull is typically constructed from aluminum, fiberglass, plastic or plywood, or a combination thereof. Some racing hovercraft have been made from composite honeycomb sheet aluminum. It is important that a provision be made for buoyancy so the craft will float on water. This is usually done by installing urethane or styrene foam inside the hull.

Snit can't create a Tk widget object; only Tk can do that. Thus, every instance of a snit::widget must be wrapped around a genuine Tk widget; this Tk widget is called the hull component. Snit effectively piggybacks the behavior you define (methods, options, and so forth) on top of the hull component so that the whole thing behaves like a standard Tk widget.

Where there is poor control of disinfectant such as chlorine/ozone, micro-organisms will survive because there will be adequate amounts of food to sustain life in the leisure water. The main threats are presented by E. Coli, pseudomonas (earache and throat infections) and Staphylococcus aureus (ear, nose and throat infections). Maintaining the chlorine levels between 1 and 2 mg/L will kill most organisms but not cysts such as cryptosporidium or guardia.

Yes. You can cook with the waters and freeze them. However, we recommend that you do not microwave the waters, as this can change the frequency information. Try this exercise for experimentation. It can be fun to share with your children as a mini science experiment. After you mix the Indigo water with distilled water, shake it up and put some in a clear PET bottle in the freezer for a couple of days. When you-reexamine the frozen water you will see the coherent, electiried, shapes of the water.

If you have a boat that does not have a hull identification number (HIN), you must get one before you can register the boat if: You can get an application form from the DMV or from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Send the completed form to the OPRHP. The OPRHP arranges your boat inspection for you. Visit the OPRHP web site.

Hull speed is the maximum practical speed of a displacement (non-planing) hull. Since a wave's length is proportional to the square of its speed, the wave created by a moving hull will at some speed become longer than the hull's waterline. At this speed the stern of the craft will no longer be supported by any of the following wave crests. You will feel the stern squat into the trough following the bow wave.

The Hull Identification Number (HIN) takes three forms in the Boston Whaler: the stenciled serial number, the metal tag, the embossed number. Numbering of the hull was initially voluntary but after November 1972 became a Federal requirement. Virtually all Whaler hulls are identified during molding by a black gel coat number containing about seven alphanumeric digits and apparently applied with the aid of a stencil. We call this the "stencil serial number.

The hull construction of a Boston Whaler differs from most all other recreational boats. Accordingly, if the hull becomes damaged, special techniques need to be used in making the repairs. The recommendations of the factory for repair techniques applicable to a Boston Whaler hull are extremely well illustrated in a separate article in the Reference section. The exact instructions and procedures recommended by the Boston Whaler factory are reproduced in the Reference Area.

There are some reports of the appearance of wavy indentations in the hull sides of older Boston Whaler boats of all sizes and ages. Manifestations of waviness in the hull sides of classic Boston Whaler boats is assumed to be the result of contractions of the foam interior after the boat has been removed from the mold. As long as the bond between the laminated hull skin and the foam remains intact, these waves or dimples do not represent a structural problem.

There are two things to consider when dealing with a wet boat. 1) The water you can find and drain, i.e., the inch sitting in the bottom. 2) The water that has gotten into the structure - the foam and the fiberglass itself. The foam blocks and fiberglass can absorb a 100 pounds of water or more into the structure and leave not a drop running in the bottom of the boat. We pretty much automatically install a 4" port behind the splash rail, even in a new boat.