by Lil Maggie » Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:44 pm
Well, you all heard about my boat going over last month and all the recovery drama (leaky flotation tanks, over eager rescuer, turning turtle, etc). As a result of the recovery (two attempts, the second being successful....at a price), finally had some time to start repairs on the damage:
1-the starboard side chainplate was bent-that was a quick trip to the vise; no cracks on the plate so it is now nice and straight
2- a 6" crack in the hull about 6" aft of the chainplate near the hull/deck joint caused due to #3-cleaned out the crack with an angle grinder, beveled the inside of fiberglass, made a patch consisting of 3 layers (2 cloth and 1 mat), laid on a piece o waxed paper and saturated with west system epoxy, allowed to cure about 15 minutes while I applied a coat of epoxy on the inside of the hull near the tear; brought in the patch and laid it over the damaged area and it stuck like a band aid, squeezed out any bubbles and wiped away excess drippage and let it cure. Two hours later came back from dinner and peeled away the wax paper to a nice and smooth patch on the inside, solid as a rock
3-A 1 foot long separation of the hull/deck joint...the stapled lip that is hidden by and holds the two piece rub rail is gone for about 6". the plan is to lay fiberglass cloth tape on the inside with epoxy resin and rebuild the missing joint lip on the outside around the chainplate to be able to re-rivet the inner rub rail piece. Besides that my plan is to apply 5200 compound along the inside of the hull/deck joint along the whole sheer line of the boat besides the f/g tape over the missing lip area.
Pictures coming soon
Of course, comments and suggestions are always welcome
cheers
Mike
A crappy day sailing is better than a good one at home...
DS 1 #2313