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Rapair finished - sanding was interesting, I struggled to get the edges of the patch smooth; seemed the fibers remained jagged. Got it good enough and went ahead and painted it. All in all pleased - perhaps some can post tips on smoothing the outer edges that could help others. Hope my...

Update: made patch on prepped hull sunday and it has now cured - hoping the edges sand off and can make a relatively smooth hull for paint. Now have three layers over the original hole from the outside and 3 or 4 on the inside - no doubt not the finest glass work but seriously doubt she will...

Progress update: flipped her and ground and tapered the hull bottom today. Overlapping sanding disc on my Harbor Freight angle grinder made fast work of this, much easier than inside the hull. Note: when doing the hull inside I wore a basic dust mask and felt poorly that night; wore my EM...

Disclaimer - I am doing glass work for the first time - thought I'd post a few more pics for other novices - may help (and I can also get advice on what I did wrong :) ) As suggested, I got various supplies from US Composites – great stuff, packed very nicely ( be nice if their shipping costs...

Thanks for the advice - yes once I got a light inside the hull I saw all the prior patch work done around the trunk. last week I saw additional advice from Nicholson58 in another repair thread where he spoke about various strips - 1. first strips 1-2 inches wide against the hull and up the...

Well got the boat to the garage and started the repair; my goodies from US Composites due today. Just finished grinding and smoothing the inside and wanted to post pictures and ask if you think this is ready for patching. I see someone did some glass repair before and the surface was really...

I checked out the US Composites site for the resin you posted and that site looks great - I see they have both fiberglass cloth and fiberglass mat. Any downside to using the cloth rather than mat? the cloth looks like it may be easier to work with (saw a video of a repair with mat and it...

many thanks to all for the tips - Mama ha chicago yes there is an access port in the top side that allowed me to see all the water she took on and take the inside picture. Nicholson 58 many thanks for the glass work tips - those are going to be very helpful. Question for all - what about the...

Friend gave me a sunfish, said it leaked a bit. Took it out yesterday and noticed water draining from the bottom when the boat was back on the boat lift. Inspection revealed the hull was half full of water. Inspecting it I see a hull gap right in front of the centerboard and about a 1/4 inch...