[quote=loquinho]Well, I went for it. I bought a Tyvek suit and some grinding wheels and ground down the hull.
First step was to finish taking the boat apart. I removed the rear beam and the remaining rigging, then laid each hull on its side to make the grinding easier.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/HZJGoV8.jpg?1[/img]
Then I ground down all the surfaces I could get to. I used a file as well to get to some of the areas that the grinder wouldn't fit. Here's the end results:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/iqDg5gR.jpg?1[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/UyklrQ5.jpg?1[/img]
The plan from here is to lay a layer on the internal beam stringer to get that started, then do a single thick layer on the main side of the hull. Then I'll flip over the hull and add structural layers inside the hull to build back the bulkhead, stringer, beam pocket, and side of the hull. By the time I'm done there, all I'll do is add a couple more layers to the exterior to even the hull back out.
A couple questions now that I'm at this point:
1. How does the plan sound?
2. What is the dark grey and white layer on the hull? Is that all gelcoat?
3. Can I overlay mat onto the gelcoat layer, or do I need to keep all the new mat restricted to the areas of exposed fiberglass?[/quote]
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