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Author: | arnis [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:56 am ] |
Post subject: | Hull Repair. |
Yes , it can be repaired . Once you remove inspection plates all you have to do is make a flange around cut out . Then make a fiberglass laminate plate to fit inside a cut out and bond it in. Then all you have to do is fiberglass plate around edge to the deck . After that you can finish your repair with gelcoat. Then you can repaint nonskid on the deck to hide a repair spot. All this can be done in about 8hrs. I ran my boat on ground week ago and puncture hole with my dagger board in a dagger board trunk so I almost sunk my boat . I will be cutting hole in my deck to get to the repair spot from inside and then closing up hole in the deck. |
Author: | Rick Buchanan [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:14 am ] |
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Don't cut a hole in the deck of a 20 to fix a crack or hole in a dagger board well! Go thru the bottom of the hull where it's solid glass. If you hit bottom with a board down you most likely cracked the bottom rear portion of the well . To make a fix on something like this you can cut an "access" hole in the bottom several inches away from the well, then make a elongated "taco shell" shaped patch out of fiberglass and apply to the well. If you need more help or advice I'd be glad to help...email me at [email protected] . |
Author: | Rick Buchanan [ Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:17 pm ] |
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Abraham, please send your private email address to me at [email protected] . I've got some info which may help you with the inspection port issue. |
Author: | Bsquared [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | ports |
I broke a beam bolt and had to access the aluminum block under the beam; ergo a new port in back of the front beam. Also broke a shroud chainplate (thunderstorm flying across a parking lot) and had to access the nuts on the inside of the hull; ergo a hatch behind the daggerboards. I felt more comfortable doing strong but rough work on the top deck than I did messing up my bottom. In both cases, I sealed the foam around the cutout, and installed circular backing plates under the ports inside the hulls. I also picked the smallest possible ports I could fit my hand through, and looked for sturdy ones. I haven't seen any issues. My ports are FAR superior to the stock aft ports, IMO. I will grant the boat looks ghetto I had previously installed a big storage port, but made a dam and bedded that in thickened epoxy to provide a flat surface on the curved deck. With the epoxy and backing plates, I still think that's the strongest part of the deck. Not sure I would do this again, but with a fat bag under it, it did provide good semi-dry storage. Not totally dry, but The boat could sit upside all day and not leak a pint. I can live with that. In your case, I would agree to pull 'em off and glass over. |
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