SAIL’s Epoxy Basics: Installing a Bulkhead

In this video, West System Epoxies’ tech advisor and veteran sailor Bruce Niederer Gutzmer uses a number of different tools and techniques to install a new fiberglass-reinforced bulkhead

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Updated:: Aug 24, 2017
Original:: May 6, 2015

In this video, West System tech advisor and veteran sailor Bruce Niederer uses a number of different tools and techniques to install a new fiberglass-reinforced bulkhead in the tech center’s J/22 project boat. For additional information or to contact the tech center directly, click here.

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SAIL’s Epoxy Basics: Installing a Bulkhead

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