"Joe" wrote in message
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Many of the fiberglass/plastic boats I've seen here in the shipyard
have blisters that when you pop them like a zit are full of green
juice.

That is because you move in poverty stricken circles. The type of boatyard
that you visit is filled with incredibly cheap boats, that are owned by
life's failures. I'm quite confident that they wouldn't let you into my
marina.





Regards


Donal
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Yeah right, your boat is so cheap the floorboards do not fit.
IE: The Bent a toe nickname given to your cheap production boat.

The boat I was poppin blisters full off green juice was a Tartan 37

Joe

Joe wrote:
Yeah right, your boat is so cheap the floorboards do not fit.
IE: The Bent a toe nickname given to your cheap production boat.

The boat I was poppin blisters full off green juice was a Tartan 37


Never seen or heard of green fluid running out of blisters. Maybe it's
from the chemical gunk in your harbor.

DSK

Actually Doug i think it's copper leeching in the osmosis blister from
the bottom paint...thats just a guess. Ive seen it on many fiberglass
boats

Joe wrote:
Actually Doug i think it's copper leeching in the osmosis blister from
the bottom paint...thats just a guess. Ive seen it on many fiberglass
boats


OK, that sort of makes sense if the boat has a really copper-heavy
bottom paint and rather porous gelcoat. I've never seen anything like
this but apparently you've seen a lot more blistered boats than I have
(easily possible, since I haven't gone looking for them).

DSK

Well this marina has a shipyard with the average of 20 boats on the
hard all the time. Every evening Skipper and I walk thru the marina and
see what new and happening.

Joe

Joe wrote:
Well this marina has a shipyard with the average of 20 boats on the
hard all the time. Every evening Skipper and I walk thru the marina and
see what new and happening.


If Skipper is a dog, keep a close eye on him around the boatyard. A lot
of stuff is very toxic, and dogs don't have good sense about what they
should or shouldn't eat or drink.

Getting back to blisters, I have seen blisters that were oozing water,
and some that were oozing a stinky yellowish gunk. Never green though. A
couple of years ago we saw a Hunter with blisters you could hide a
softball in. All over the hull, I couldn't believe that they didn't go
all the way through. Made me think twice about the oft repeated line
that blisters are never a threat to hull integrity, but then, that was
the worst I've ever seen.

DSK