by GreenLake » Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:02 pm
Welcome to the forum!
So you have '66 DS 1 and from the transom up to 8" forward of the transom the deck and hull have separated?
I assume with your term "cap" you mean the rear deck of the DS1?
I see no reason why you can't glass over the inside of the hull-deck joint. You are correct, there's really no need to take the deck off and on some boats, including mine, various owners have glassed over that joint in places.
Because it's a secondary bond (bonding to already cured material) you're best off using epoxy (a good laminating epoxy from West System or SystemThree for example). It might help to lay up 2-3 layers of mat and fabric on a sheet of plastic foil and then transfer that to the place where you want to bond it (peeling the plastic off after the epoxy has cured). Instead of trying to do the lay-up in place...
Aside from that, the location is a curious one for hull-deck joint failure. I would try to discern a possible cause - if it was just a badly done joint in the factory, that's one thing, but if there was some violent cause, you might have a bit of soft or damaged laminate in the vicinity. I would definitely inspect the surrounding laminate before proceeding.
You may need to reinforce a slightly larger section than merely the separation.
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