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damaged keel repair
Hello. I was hoping that I could get some advice on repairing
fiberglass on a damaged keel. I was out on Lake Erie and lost my engine and ended up slamming into the breakwall a few times before getting a tow. It put a 1"x3" hole in the side of my keel. I've read up on fiberglass repair, including the book "The Fiberglass Boat Repair Manual." My question is this. The flat bottom of the keel was not very accessible, so I just wrapped the fiberglass around and under the keel. Is this going to cause me any long term problems? Ideally, I would've ground out around the bottom like I did the top, but I just couldn't get access without lifting the boat off the trailer. ----------------------------------| \ (keel) / \ / \--------|xxxxx|-----/ (damaged area is the xxxx's) The boat is old and cosmetics aren't important. I just want a sound, safe repair. I've applied about 5-6 layers of 6 oz. fiberglass cloth w/Mas Resin & Fast Hardner. I'd rather not grind it all down and start over if it's good enough as is. Pictures of the repair can be found @ http://csilo.com/randomphotos.aspx?f...og/boatrepair/ Thanks for your advice, Joe |
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Thanks for the excellent advice. I intended to put on a few more layers
of cloth, but I wanted to get the group's advice before adding good work to bad. I'll abrade the surrounding area as much as possible with a file. I like the shoe idea too. I'd be happy if I get another 4 uses out of the boat this summer, then I'll look into the shoe. Thanks again. |
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At the very least, I'd like to think that I'm better off making the
fiberglass repair than if I just used an epoxy stick and slapped some epoxy over the hole |
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joeb wrote:
At the very least, I'd like to think that I'm better off making the fiberglass repair than if I just used an epoxy stick and slapped some epoxy over the hole Yep thats for sure. At the least its keeping the inside dry till you cam have her blocked up with space to work this winter. YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THE REPLIES IN REC.BOATS.CRUISING as there is potentially a serious issue with missing ballast. -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL: 'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed, All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy. |
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