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Posted: February 14th, 2005, 5:54 pm
by wevans
It aint lookin good
They "apparently"hit something very hard! There is a patch on the bow "not leaking" and the other places have been patched before also "I figure they hit the rock, bounced up, then landed on top of it"
I was able to use my finger nail to remove about 6 inches of the patch where it's cracked back open
This may be a prolonged project boat now
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 5:57 pm
by tin can
Wevans, is it a rolled gunwhale or liner boat?
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 6:00 pm
by wevans
What's the dif.
I'm a motor man, not a boat man
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 6:02 pm
by tin can
Does it have a cap on the hull, or do the sides come up and roll over to make the side tops?
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 6:03 pm
by wevans
No cap
kinda like a carolina skiff
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 6:06 pm
by tin can
That might make it easier to fix. The only way to for sure fix it is from the inside of the hull. Cut the floor, glass the damage, put the floor back. At least ya don't have a cap to remove.
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 6:20 pm
by wevans
We was thinkin bout either cutting a small access hole "and putting a hatch there" or just cuting a big square and putting it back in place, then sealing it
It wouldn't look to pretty the second way, but we'd have room ta work then
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 6:48 pm
by Chalk
The patch needs to be a minimum of 50% over each way....If its a foot long the patch should over hang 6 inches on each end..so make enough room for that...and you will need to grind the area prior to glassing to rough it up a bit...
Doing it right one time is less than doing it cheaply twice...
Ohh yeah both side need to be done, inside and out....
Happy Valentines...
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 7:26 pm
by wevans
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 8:46 pm
by tin can
BOAT: A hole in the water, designed to pour money into, never to be recovered.
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 8:50 pm
by Chalk
tin can wrote:BOAT: A hole in the water, designed to pour money into, never to be recovered.
Break
Out
Another
Thousand
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 8:57 pm
by Sea Fox
If it looks like you need any mesh for a large patch, I have a some in different weights. I could bring it to the FF. Let me know
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 9:15 pm
by wevans
I appreciate it SF
it may take a week or so for us to get over the disappointment and get enthused about it again
