Okay, how much do you think it would cost to replank the hull? all
planks?

The reason we did the outside is for our peace of mind. you see, when
we got the boat there were some holes in the hull about a foot to two
feet long and about 1/2 foot wide. We figured that it would be easier
to patch the holes instead of replanking the whole thing.. we cut
around it untill we got to good wood (no rot) \, then made wood
patches (1/2" planks cut to size) that fit there and used epoxy and
woodflour putty to glue them in place. I know this is supposed to be
strong enough but my father had his doubts so we put one layer on just
incase there was some small hole we had overlooked, trying to "cover
our asses" (no pun intended).
I am against putting the sealant inside the hull because i feel that
what we have done is enough but he is insisting so i posted the
question.

The boat is in fresh water, on dry dock now for a year and a half, and
some water does get in the bilge via a leaky deck when it rains but
the plug is out of the hull and the water drains as fast as it enters.
fixing the deck is the next chore.
Last time i was at the boat (last october) we had gotten rid of all of
the rot damage and had patched where it had been via method above.

As you can tell we are first time boatworkers learning as we are going
and seeing as we picked the boat up for 2000 it seemed a pretty cheap
boat to learn on.

so... saying that, please..... ANY suggestions anyone has about the
hull and also the upcoming fixing of the deck are welcome and
appreciated.

I will have pictures up on a website within the next month for anyone
interested seeing just what i am talking about.
Thank you very much.
-Jason.

On 2 Apr 2005 05:56:54 -0800, wrote:

Hi
I will back up the doubts --- my experience is that it is a huge
trouble, the exact thing you shuld not do, an aproach no one with just
a bit experience would show , one layer of glasfiber and only covering
the bottom is not good you simply are asking for trouble and it don't
make it better looking for CHEAP means.
If you use polyester to save an old wooden hull you shuld not make it
into a patchwork you shuld cover it all, you must make the glasfiber
stronger than the old hull ,that's the only way, if you doubt try look
around and find a boat where one layer just covering the bottom have
worked , beside the attitude to make it CHEAP will only produce a CHEAP
boat something you never will be pleased with, a cheap repair will
bring nothing but vorry and I am sorry to say, I never seen covering
just the bottom, ever had brought anything but vaste of money and time.