Hi Doug, I will mention an option I am considering for a couple small thumb size repairs on my boat. Petit has a paint that looks like a good match for my gel coat (http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=1329&fam...) so I am going to fill and fair the repair areas then touch up with the paint. I have not had complete success matching the color on gel coat but I did find that going with a standard color for the large areas of gel coat I sprayed on my former M-17 worked very well. So I figure this paint may give me a good enough result and it is not horribly expensive (in sailboat terms!). And if I do not like it I can always grab some sandpaper and remove it! Just an option to consider. Robbin On 5/18/2011 2:16 PM, Doug Vogel wrote:
Hello fellow Montgomery boat owners,
My name is Doug Vogel, and I am a new owner of an 1980 M-17. It is my first boat. I live in Jackson,Wyoming, and sail my boat on Jackson Lake, in Grand Teton National Park. A amazingly beautiful and tricky place to sail. Lots of challenging mountain (6770') weather to deal with. Like ice still on the lake till probably June this year. Most years, the marina opens on May 21st. What a winter....
I have a few questions.
1) I am trying to repair a few minor gouges in the hull. 1.5 " long and only 1/16 to 1/8" deep. I have a gelcoat repair kit with the color tubes. I sanded the gouges yesterday, and ended up very quickly exposing the green layer underneath my cream colored hull. I was not trying to sand just inside the gouges. So have I screwed up? Now i think I have to apply the gelcoat over both the gouge and the exposed green layer. And that will have to be like a 1/32 or less. Then sand the gelcoat repair very carefully to not get to any green.
Is there a better way ?
2) My motor that came with the boat is an 9.7 horse regular shaft Mercury. Too big& too short. A previous owner installed an adjustable motor mount about foot below the notch in the transom. Soooo about $1500 can fix that issue. Maybe later in the summer.
3) I just spent a half hour reading older posts for the first time. I need to do more. I was considering going with slugs as there are some monster gusts on my lake. I will get some Sailcote next week. Do the slugs have to be installed by a sailmaker , or is it possible for an owner to install them ?
Thanks all for being happy hardworking sailers , and sending back some advice.
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