Recent content by Alan Gage

All ACA sponsored events certainly prohibit the use but there are a lot of races outside the ACA umbrella that allow rudders or offer an "unlimited" division where pretty much anything goes. Alan

I don't blame you for not wanting to mess with it anymore but, for what its worth, the ones I uploaded were all from the full size image you sent me, letting the forum do all the resizing. I had the same result using downsized image as well. The forum has done a good enough job for me that I...

I had Marc e-mail me one of the images that is giving problems so I could play with it. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. If anyone understands what is happening I'd be happy to hear it. I've been going around with Chat GPT a little on the possibilities but one of us does not seem to be...

I sent you a DM

It is puzzling. I never downsize images before posting them here and have not had any trouble. I'll try uploading a 4128x3096 image and see what happens: This was done via "insert image" (mountain icon at top). Looks good to me. Alan

What method are you using to load the photos onto the site? You can copy/paste, use "attach files" at the bottom of the screen, or click the 'insert image' (mountain icon) in the top tool bar. I don't know if any of them act different than the others but maybe it's a clue. I used copy/paste...

I'm going to copy and paste one of the images from your Facebook page to see what happens: Well, that looks much better. Not sure what might have happened. If you want to fix it I guess the best way would be to edit the post and re-insert the images. Maybe start with one before doing them...

I'm glad to hear it isn't on the originals. It certainly is not very appealing. Did you resize before uploading to the site or did the site do the resizing? They all show pixel dimensions of 960x633. Alan

That was kind of my conundrum when I had back issues. No one wanted to rush into surgery, and for good reason, so it was let's try this, let's try that, let's wait a little longer and see what happens..... Meanwhile I can't really do any of the things I enjoy doing and my mental and physical...

I was in a race once that required a visible white light after dark. I found a 360 degree white light that was magnetic and I used a piece of metal under the top of my hat to attach it to. That way it was never shining in my eyes. Thankfully I finished before having to actually use it so I...

I might touch up a couple proud edges with the plane but for the most part I don't use one. I usually heard it recommended to run the plane at a 45 degree angle (better for fairing the hull), which I've tried, and it seems to work ok with no/minimal tear out. I give the hull a look over before...

Those pics don't look that bad. It does look a little funny though, not like what I expect to see with cloth that just needs some more fill coats. Maybe the pictures are deceiving me but it almost looks like there are little high spots rather than low spots in the hollow of the weave. I'm not...

I can't tell from the picture what is going on for sure. It's a vey small photo. It looks like the white fibers might still be visible (or is it a reflection?). If the white fibers are still visible then I suspect those areas were not fully saturated during wet out. Alan

Perhaps not elegant but simple and quick:. Our local hardware store has similar. This one is from Amazon

The hull was not built with epoxy but epoxy will stick to other resins and is generally easier to work with so that's what most of us use for repairs. I've never used glass mat for repairs, always woven cloth. Not saying it won't work but most use woven 6 oz. cloth. Either fiberglass or...