OK I lied before. I had one more thing to do on the boat. I was waiting for the number five well nuts to come in the mail from Amazon prime. I ordered them from the Lowe’s isle yesterday afternoon because they only had three in stock. Got to love prime here the next day!
Luckily our sailing...
Last update until I get her in the water. Like I said before, I mated the deck with the hull with a thin strip of soaked fiberglass then clamped down everything. After it dried I went through and added More fiberglass slurry to the very small gap that existed. After that dried, I hit it with...
Update on the water test. After being submerged in water for 3 hours I pulled them both out and did a squeeze test. The new foam released about two drops of water and I was squeezing as hard as possible. The original foam pissed water like it had been holding it for years.
Whether I’m using the...
I don’t guys, looks may be deceiving. Ive broken off 2 pieces, one old and one new. They look identical, the compression strength is the same, and they are currently both submerged in water.
This new foam is exception in compression strength. I even stood on both old and new pieces of similar...
Quick update. I’ve been working on patching the hull rough spots with glass, so nothing exciting there. But I have been waiting to pickup the large foam blocks from my friend. I got those yesterday afternoon and broke out my foam cutting wire bow last night. I have various foam cutting tools...
Thanks. The color of the 912 is called Bahama Yellow and it’s original from 1968.
Today I installed a 6” port just behind the splash rail, so now I have good access to the front and rear of the foam blocks. I also did some more cleaning and vacuuming of the interior so now it doesn’t have...
Waiting for the supplies to come in I decided to do some fiberglass work on the front end. Ive repaired these holes before with backer material shoved through and glued using the resin. So repairing one from the backside was a real luxury! First I had to clean up all of the poor fiberglass mess...
I was surprised at how easily it separated. It still took me about an hour, but wasn’t too bad. There is a fiberglass strip sandwiched between the deck and hull and the key is getting the blade on one side of it and working your way down the line slowly.
Well, I have good news. A friend of mine has some spare white foam blocks that we were keeping for wing cores (another time suck of mine) that he is going to donate for the new hull blocks. The two part foam and a new access port have been ordered!
More pics with all pieces out. The expandable foam is probably 3 times the volume of the white structural foam, and the structural blocks are rounded off at most edges. I’ll probably make new ones.
Meh, I’ve fixed worse front ends.
Can opener worked using a putty knife and utility knife. This is what I found. The expandable foam was coming out in large single pieces!
Ok, more pics and thoughts.
The rear end is solid and looks fine. The very front foam block seems fine, it’s the two long ones in the middle that are dislodged. The chines have some missing gel coat with resin repair already done, but nothing that can’t be made to look better. See pics
The...
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