Okay, this is the last one, I promise. MADISON was the third boat in from the shoreline when Hurricane Sally's 9 foot storm surge rolled through, and she got chine damage on the port side aft of the beam. Not sure from what, the dolly next to her maybe?
Could be coincidence, maybe because they were closest to the rolling waves, but the 3 fiberglass Sunfish on the right took 99% of the damage. The wooden boats to the left, Sunfish CHIP, Super Sailfish TRACKER and Penobscot 14 ST JACQUES had a few rub marks on the gunwales. Nice job Gals, you saved the wooden Fleet!.
We grabbed another piece from the salvaged Sunfish SALLY and cut a backer patch. I suppose we could just epoxy that to the hull and call it done. We have also made patches like this by laying poly sheet over the hull, and laying up 4-6 layers of 4 oz fiberglass cloth, either on the same profile of a good boat or on a section nearby that has the same basic shape.
Test fit to see if it will go through the hole.
String to pull it tight against inside of hull, buttered up with THIXO. For style you could sand the inner edge of the rpair area and outer edge of the patch, but it was cool and windy outside, we didn't do that. THIXO (or Pettit FLEXPOXY too) is pretty much dirt proof.
Hmmm, now where and how to tie off that string...
Could be coincidence, maybe because they were closest to the rolling waves, but the 3 fiberglass Sunfish on the right took 99% of the damage. The wooden boats to the left, Sunfish CHIP, Super Sailfish TRACKER and Penobscot 14 ST JACQUES had a few rub marks on the gunwales. Nice job Gals, you saved the wooden Fleet!.
We grabbed another piece from the salvaged Sunfish SALLY and cut a backer patch. I suppose we could just epoxy that to the hull and call it done. We have also made patches like this by laying poly sheet over the hull, and laying up 4-6 layers of 4 oz fiberglass cloth, either on the same profile of a good boat or on a section nearby that has the same basic shape.
Test fit to see if it will go through the hole.
String to pull it tight against inside of hull, buttered up with THIXO. For style you could sand the inner edge of the rpair area and outer edge of the patch, but it was cool and windy outside, we didn't do that. THIXO (or Pettit FLEXPOXY too) is pretty much dirt proof.
Hmmm, now where and how to tie off that string...