Welcome to our Members Site. You can use the drop-down menu above to find out more on each of our topics or scroll through the links below.
Take a moment to browse through the content and if you have any comments or questions, you can use our Members Forum to start a discussion topic. We will do our best to answer you as soon as we can. Please note that our Fibreglass Masterclass videos and Understanding Polars series are not yet complete. In fact they will always be a work in progress. We will keep adding to these topics as and when we can. We work full time, fix Paikea when we can, and make videos whenever possible. Anything we are working on that we think our members might find value in, we will document and add it to the repository. We hope you find this a valuable resource.
When Should you infuse a Part?
Should you hand laminate or vacuum bag or is this a job that needs infusion? This video goes in depth on which resin and lamination techniques are appropriate for various jobs.
Understanding Polars
The importance of investing the time to create Polars that are fine-tuned to your own vessel cannot be underestimated. The gains made in understanding your vessel and the rewards reaped from more accurate weather routing are well worth any initial setup effort. The best news is that you probably have all the tools you will need already onboard.
Fibreglass MasterClass
Our video collection on topics related to the more technical aspects of lamination.
Our video collection on topics related to the more technical aspects of lamination.
We have a discussion on the comparison of fibreglass types and a video series starting on checking the mechanical properties of your resin before starting lamination.
Members Discussion Forum
Join the discussion or simply browse through the topics. If you find there is something you would like to see discussed then feel free to add a new topic.
Paikea
On these pages, we show the details and behind-the-scenes photos and information on our upgrades of Paikea.
Gunboat 68 Collection
In this collection of videos, we give you an insider’s look at the magnificent Gunboat 68 from a very technical point of view. Shayne shows us the collection of different clutch systems onboard and why each are needed for varying jobs. We also look at the different types of pad eyes used on board and why there needs to be different solutions for each different job requirement.
Follow our sailing journey in real-time with the PredictWind live tracker.
