On Dec 11, 2:00*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:51:41 GMT, "Janet O'Leary"

wrote:
For you experts:: *if a boat has a few,, blisters in the gel below
water line, forward toward the bow ??

Is this a "run away fast" boat?

Or,, are the blisters a fix it item.

It depends.

Here's a good starting point:

http://www.yachtsurvey.com/BuyingBlisterBoat.htm

More he

http://www.yachtsurvey.com/blisters.htm

FWIW, I happen to know the subject Morgan 46 this surveyor trashed.
Not mine, but a friend who shall remain nameless - and the boat is one
I'd love to have. I've also peeled back many layers of delam from
blisters on our boat over time, not to mention the wreck's delam. The
blisters weren't enough to sink a boat - but Don Casey, whose opinion
I respect, has interesting things to say about moisture and
delamination and the potential for serious damage. His info suggests
water in, rather than out of, the boat, is more serious an issue WRT
delam...

Not seeing the boat, I'd have to say it's not a problem, based on the
description. We ground out and repaired 800 on ours before we
launched. Following that, it survived a rather spectacular wreck...

L8R

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