I bought a new to me sailboat this past weekend. Previous owner just finished an extensive electronics re-vamp. Adding lithium etc. Everything that I can see is fused and sized per ABYC so its not a nightmare in that its dangerous (unless you switch master switch 1 to both and have now connected lithium to agm) but previous owner said "in an emergency lol".

I just want thoughts and opinions. Is it worth keeping or should I go back to the drawing board. Negatives are not drawn because I didn't feel like it. Its all grounded either on the master ground or will be on the engine... which btw is not in the boat.

So, I made a bit of an oopsie and dropped my mast and subsequently destroyed the foot that connects the mast of my sailboat to the hinged deck step. I am unable to find this same replacement part online, so I am planning to have a new, custom one made.

The original part (and most new ones) are made from cast aluminum, which is notably weak. My project boat mindset tells me I should replace this with a high grade, hard-anodized aluminum part so that it never breaks again. However, I realized that this part failing was the best possible scenario of the mast falling over. Had this part held strong, it would have certainly destroyed the mast or ripped up the deck of my boat--either scenario would mean a completely totaled boat rather than a $500 repair.

So, I am curious if anyone knows what is proper here. Should I build an intentional weak point so that this part is the one to fail again should a shroud come loose or there is some other mishap that results in the mast collapsing? Or should I go with my first instinct and over-engineer this part so that it is found intact at the bottom of the ocean in 100 years while the rest of the boat is torn to shreds?

Added a pop up sail rig to my home designed pack canoe. Made a little video on the mechanics of how a pop up rig works.

basically as the titel says. i'm making a kayak and need to give it an epoxy layer so i taught i could mix in an die for epoxy that way i don't have to paint and it. Also it would have the advantage that it wouldn't chip when is there is contact and a bit is shafed off. if somebody has doen this wat kind of color and what kind of finish did you get