So I am trying to figure out when I need to grind a wide channel and lay some glass for the repairs. I have several very long cracks into the forward area the will be glassed. I have included some pictures of other areas. Do you think they need to be glassed?
The tabernacle has the aft crack that goes onto both sides. Do I need to glass the whole area?
Cracks that go up and around the curved area on the sides?
Cracks in the area where the jib cleats mount?
Cracks around the motor mount or rudder mount?
My thoughts are I can always grind and add glass later. A lot of the cracks really look more like they are from the plastic shrinking more so then structural. Even the one around the tabernacle seems to not be structural. The tabernacle is very solid in its position. The boat has never had a motor mounted to it and there are cracks. But I could see the differential movement of the metal vs the plastic in temp changes causing issues.
What have you done and what has failed over time?
I real a lot about doing repairs but almost no comments about how they have held up over mulitple seasons.
Thanks
The tabernacle has the aft crack that goes onto both sides. Do I need to glass the whole area?
Cracks that go up and around the curved area on the sides?
Cracks in the area where the jib cleats mount?
Cracks around the motor mount or rudder mount?
My thoughts are I can always grind and add glass later. A lot of the cracks really look more like they are from the plastic shrinking more so then structural. Even the one around the tabernacle seems to not be structural. The tabernacle is very solid in its position. The boat has never had a motor mounted to it and there are cracks. But I could see the differential movement of the metal vs the plastic in temp changes causing issues.
What have you done and what has failed over time?
I real a lot about doing repairs but almost no comments about how they have held up over mulitple seasons.
Thanks
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