My only comment is that his Montgomery is basically new. One doesn't expect to see blistering in a new boat. Irv ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Smith" <tsmith@nextit.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 2:13 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: Gelcoat/fiberglass Blistering is caused by water being absorbed by the gelcoat and between the layers of glass when the boat's left in the water. You can live with them (as long as they don't get a lot worse), or you can eliminate them. Eliminating them entails grinding them off and filling the voids. I can't imagine it's too much fun. There's a simple explaination here: http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/1220983tip.htm /)) Tom Smith & Jane VanWinkle M15/345--Chukar M17/496--Unnamed _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats