daniel: i too am in the midst of rebedding, and adding, hardware. the summary 'big item' list is: rebedding the bow pulpit and motor mount, adding a transom boarding ladder, and adding a bow bi-colored light. i'm using a friend's son to crawl to the transom for removing/attaching hardware - small spaces on our small boats ... lol. details of the above and past projects are outlined, with pictures, on my boat's www-site (see below). :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 - SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.us --- On Sun, 4/3/11, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
I have the West Systems stuff at home now, as I will soon re-bed a bunch of the deck hardware. So, while I have some epoxy mixed, I guess I will wet out the damaged area. Fortunately, this area is way above the waterline, and not a problem. I have that pdf, so I will take a look at it.
Daniel
On Apr 3, 2011, at 9:29 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
daniel:
sorry to read about your challenge. the m-boats are well built and can take hard use. what i describe below will assure you have no further damage from water getting into the fiberglass and creating problems later.
any 'dry' looking fiberglass tape/mat/fiber must be wetting out to re-seal. once this is done all voids can be filled and faired to match the bow's shape.
take a look at this -
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/assets/HowTo-Publications/Fiberglass-Boat-Repai...
i recommend sections 2, 4 and 8.2.
once the epoxy work is done you must protect the repair from the sun (UV) damage. a topside marine paint or gelcoat will work. i suggest paint as an invisible repair isn't your primary concern.
:: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 - SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.us
--- On Sun, 4/3/11, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
Montypals:
OK, many of you have seen my video about my maiden
voyage
in M15 #208. Thanks for all the nice comments.
Now, when I got her back on the trailer, I didn't get her all the way forward like I should have, She was about 2-3 inches short of the bumper. So, when driving home over potholed Sonoma county roads, she jostled around and caused a bit of damage to the bow. The spot is above the pad eye where the hook goes to hold her to the trailer. It is about 1 inch by say 1/2 inch of damage. The gelcoat is sort of bashed off to expose some underlying fiberglass. There is no hole or crack. Structurally it is fine. So, what would be a simple way to repair this? I don't need it to be too cosmetically perfect. The boat is from 1982! Epoxy? Marinetex? Thoughts here?
Daniel