Repairing a Waterlogged Cockpit Hatch (Balsa Core Replacement)

Repairing a Waterlogged Cockpit Hatch (Balsa Core Replacement) There’s nothing worse than sitting on your sailboat on a dry day and still getting wet because your cockpit hatch, which is supposed to be solid, decided it wants to be more like a sponge and retain as much water as it can.   Fortunately, since the […]

Chainplate structure repair on a Bristol 26 Sailboat

Redesigning Chainplate Knees on a Bristol 26 to Eliminate Movement and Leaks   When we first looked at Affinity, our Sailstar (Bristol) 26, the owner mentioned that the chainplates were leaking.   At the time, that didn’t seem like a big deal. I figured I’d deal with it when the time came. After all, it […]

Swapping a Tremec TKX Transmission to Front Shift the Easy Way (without splitting the case!)

I purchased a new TKX to install in my 1984 Monte Carlo. This car has a split bench seat so I wanted to move the shifter up to the forward position–of course you have to buy a $400-$500 shifter in order to do this.    I bought the cheapest kit I could find off EBay. […]