[quote=ffbrass]I'm confident in my glass work. I don't do it professionally but I've done enough of it to know what I'm doing. All my glass work was finished out with a filler (colloidal-micro bubble blend) so it all blends in. As for repainting it, well since I had to sand the hulls down to do the glass work it needed to be be repainted. Also, the keels were re-glassed. The rudders are fine.
The only reason I started any glass work at all is because I had to wait three weeks for a new trampoline. I figured since I was having to wait for that I would go ahead work on the rest of it (I like to tinker). The keels did not necessarily have to be re-glassed but like I said I was waiting for the trampoline so I figured I'd knock them out and they shouldn't have to be done again. I glassed them with either 12 or 16oz biaxial stitched cloth, can't remember which weight off the top of my head. If you know fiberglass then you know that is structural cloth. I did the transoms because the previous owner used to lay the mast on the bar that connects the rudders. All that weight pulled the bottom rudder gudgeons out.
The delam on the tops of the hulls is from me walking out on them when I've taken the boat out. I know this because I heard it and felt it cracking. My opinion is that it can be fixed, others may not agree. The only thing I neglected to do was to put the factory tread pattern back on the tops of the hulls. It would have added to the time it took to finish and I wanted to take the boat out.
The only reason I'm thinking about selling it is I have a old chevy truck that I want to restore and the boat is taking up space since I don't have room for both.[/quote]
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