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By Tony Sheppard, T&M Marine The Tartan Ten, Flags, sustained port-side core damage in a racecourse collision. The original repair, a simple patch applied over the damaged skin, was improper and ineffective. Within a short time, there was distortion and movement in the hull side at the repair area. Water penetrated the skin and saturated […]
By Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor This fast blister repair method is tailored to fixing individual gel coat blisters prior to bottom painting. The advantage of this method is it can repair blisters on hulls recently pulled from the water or hulls that have been out for some time.
by Grace Ombry Above: Robert Patenaude performs emergency rudder repairs with G/flex so he can get back into the regatta and take first place. Robert Patenaude had ten miles left to reach the finish line in the Bermuda One-Two offshore race when a 30-ton whale hit Perseverance, his C&C 41, seriously damaging the rudder. Not […]
by Patrick Ropp—GBI Technical Advisor Above: The 65′ strip-planked Bounty Hunter after sheathing with fiberglass and WEST SYSTEM Epoxy. After 5 years, she still looks as good as she did then. In addition, her new fiberglass skin quickly paid for itself through increased performance. Five years ago, Captain Glenn James decided it was time to […]
by Barry Duke Above: The two foam halves of the rebuilt rudder, with the plywood core, are dry fit around the post before bonding. What started out to be a relatively easy job of replacing the motor mounts and cutlass bearing on my 1983 Nelson/Marek 36 turned into building a completely new rudder. Once I […]
