Introduction Section A General Principles 1 Principles of fiberglass boatbuilding 2 Materials 3 Tools and working conditions 4 Health and safety Section B Understanding how fiberglass can fail 5 Physical failure 6 Destructive influences 7 Fatigue 8 Factors of safety 9 Effects of heat 10 Fire Section C Turning a bare moulding into a boat 11 Glassing-on 12 Joins 13 Stiffening 14 Bulkheads 15 Attaching fittings 16 Sealants 17 Hardspots and stress concentrations 18 Double shell mouldings 19 Sandwich mouldings 20 Wood and fiberglass 21 Fiberglass and other materials 22 Sheathing 23 Access Section D The gel coat--that shiny fiberglass look 24 Gel coat 25 Weathering 26 Nasty little lumps 27 Replacing a gel coat Section E In the beginning--moulding 28 Conditions for moulding 29 Moulding 30 Moulding faults 31 Mouldless construction 32 Thickness 33 Mechanisation 34 Inspection and quality Section F Maintenance and use 35 Design for low maintenance 36 Maintenance and cleaning 37 Overloading 38 Painting Section G Repair 39 Temporary repair 40 Minor repair 41 Major repair 42 Every crack tells a story 43 Testing Appendix Technical terms & equivalents Index.