The boatyard have kindly lifted the boat in the hoist for the weekend. but the weather is quite wet with prolonged showers forecast Saturday followed by the same on Sunday. I got there early, having consulted the raintoday website. The rain had just stopped as I arrived so quickly set up the grinder and set to work.
Well theres the split. It’s pretty much the whole of the trailing edge. First job was to remove the antifoul in the region I was going to fibreglass.
In order to keep the gap closed while I glassed up I first drilled and tapped for three screws, then did my best to fill the gap with resin before tightening up the stainless screws. Two layers of 25 mm wide glass tape followed by 3 more of 100 mm wide tape later all nicely smoothed out and that was about it as shown in the next picture.
At this stage it was time for a coffee while everything hardened off. With the temperature at around 10°C, I had to give it a couple of hours to cure. Then as the rain clouds started gathering, on with a couple of coats of antifoul.
Should be afloat on Monday
4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg 