Funny just picked up "Bad Blue" this afternoon........... a "free for the taking" Facebook Marketplace find. I was hesitant to get it, as when I first saw it the owner pointed out the deck-hull separation issue, but I thought I'd give it a go and bring it home. Now, after further investigation, it looks like I have a lot of work to do............... almost exactly what LaserupstateNY is doing/has done. I have only started to poke around, but most of the hull to deck gunnel seem can be pulled apart. I haven't tried working the centerboard trunk, cockpit drain, and mast step yet. Visually, the mast step looks good as far as I could see in, but water goes right out the bottom. So, lots of work, and probably will have to wait until next summer when we come back up here for the summer. Fortunately, I have two other complete and sailing Lasers, one of which I put through a cosmetic restoration two summers ago.
I do hope to at least get the boat apart before we head south next month.
It's a Canadian 1979 build, and blue!
Thanks Laserupstate for the great postings here.