Hello,
New to the forum and I must say there is a wealth of info on this site.
Thought I would share my recent projects. I have an '85 or so 14.2 that had a completely blistered bottom. My repair was to sand/grind all gelcoat and paint off the bottom and get down to raw fiberglass. I then applied 2 layers of epoxy resin, then 2 coats of bottomkote. A little wet sanding on the bottomkote and I have a nice smooth hull! Can't wait to try it out on the water. But, while stepping the mast to make sure all was OK, the mast shifted to the side and cracked the aluminum mast around the bolt hole.
I need to be on the water this weekend for a informal race so needed to repair mast ASAP. I shaped a block of wood to fit the inside of the hollow mast, used some small stainless screws to fasten the mast to the wood plug and then epoxied the whole mess together. Then redrilled the hole for the mast bolt. Hope it works! will try to test tomorrow afternoon.
I sail out of Leeslvania Park on the Potomac, live close by and would like to invite other 14.2 sailors to join up for a sail.
Steve
New to the forum and I must say there is a wealth of info on this site.
Thought I would share my recent projects. I have an '85 or so 14.2 that had a completely blistered bottom. My repair was to sand/grind all gelcoat and paint off the bottom and get down to raw fiberglass. I then applied 2 layers of epoxy resin, then 2 coats of bottomkote. A little wet sanding on the bottomkote and I have a nice smooth hull! Can't wait to try it out on the water. But, while stepping the mast to make sure all was OK, the mast shifted to the side and cracked the aluminum mast around the bolt hole.
I need to be on the water this weekend for a informal race so needed to repair mast ASAP. I shaped a block of wood to fit the inside of the hollow mast, used some small stainless screws to fasten the mast to the wood plug and then epoxied the whole mess together. Then redrilled the hole for the mast bolt. Hope it works! will try to test tomorrow afternoon.
I sail out of Leeslvania Park on the Potomac, live close by and would like to invite other 14.2 sailors to join up for a sail.
Steve