Plastic Classic Forum

I once bought a Flying Junior because I had loved racing them as a kid. Sailed the boat once and sold it.

Anyone know these boats, Rhodes design built in Denmark in 1961? I am considering one. I like the lines and I don't mind the narrow beam.

I removed my radar and the bracket and now have four 3/8" holes on each side of the mast about a inch apart (in a vertical line) and a single 1 inch hole at the front of the mast, slightly above the top 3/8" hole. I'm a bit worried about local strength. It's a pretty sturdy section - Albin...

My radar gave up the ghost. Am considering used Furuno 1623 or 1715 or equivalent. Suggestions?

Can anyone identify the manufacturer? I thought Morse (now Teleflex) but there's no name.

My Vega has a side mounted engine control, with the throttle and shift in separate levers. The levers are superimposed on each other - the shaft for one goes through the shaft for the other. Last year the shift lever suddenly went stiff and on disassembly I found some worn parts - plastic bushings, ...

Vega wirth Westerbeke 10 B 2. Has 2 fuel tanks, Racor at each tank, and the 2 original equipment fuel filters on engine. A few years ago engine began to be hard to start, but ran well, good power, good exhaust color, gauges nominal. Had the injectors rebuilt but they were fine. I also had a mechanic...

I removed my speedo and now I want to fill that dangerous 1 1/4 inch hole, presently just capped. Vessel is Albin Vega, glass of course. I thought I would grind the hole so the diameter at the outer skin is wider than at the inner, lay a glass patch over the hole from inside the hull, then fill the ...