The stripes actually are gelcoat. If you attack them with a scraper nothing will happen except they will look scratched and ugly.
Taking the deck off is unwise. Even in cases of waterlogged foam in the hull it can usually be dried out using inspection ports. Trying to put the deck back on is difficult and usually does not work out well. That old metal trim is hard to find. No reason not to put the same trim back on if you have to take it off for some reason.
That boat is not particularly old in the scheme of things. It is from the mid '80s. You should tip it up on edge on a bathroom scales. If it weighs over 130 it has water in it, either running around in it or soaked into the foam.
Painting is usually a bad idea unless the boat's gelcoat is in awful shape. Gelcoat is low maintenance - paint is not.
Will doCan you take pictures? There are experts on the forum. The search function has several articles on reattaching
Thank you2-part expanding foam works well to reset the blocks. I did this a few years ago, see my blog post about it:
foam block reset
Great thank youHere's my post from a thread not too long ago about re-attaching those blocks with expanding foam.
Missing Expansion Foam on 1972 Sunfish?
- Andy
A bit cheeky I didn't have a Union Jack at the time but I am ex MOD DevonportI like the White Ensign.
I got two sets of spars each with a sail that are used and one brand new sail never been on the boatI agree with Breeze Bender. BTW, are the spars, sail and lines in good shape?
It's a bit unorthodox and would get some funny looks in UK waters but I think it's cool.A bit cheeky I didn't have a Union Jack at the time but I am ex MOD Devonport
I think I might get shot in Plymouth Sound!It's a bit unorthodox and would get some funny looks in UK waters but I think it's cool.
OK thank you will doShe looks nice. Those boats should weigh around 139 and the rolled edge boats (1988 and newer) 129.
You might want to do an air leak test. We have several videos on our youtube channel, search for air leak.
Yes those predate this hull by 15 years or so. They always made the blue stripe the wide one til they came out with the red in the middle as on this boat. This boat originally was matched with a sail that, from the top, was white, red, Blue, White, white.
I cant get that far aft or for'ad from the inspection port. I did contemplate using this as an excuse for an endoscope camera but again the distance to teh stern is too great.Another thought:
Maybe the attaching hardware can be photographed from inside the hull?