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> West Systems/Gougeon Brothers has a book "Fiberlass Boat REpair and
> Maintenance" which covers this type of repair in detail. The book is
> available at West Marina and other places selling West System Epoxy for
> $3.50. I highly recommend it. Chapter three is specifically
> about repairing
> stringers and floors.
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Thanks. I have that book somewhere, but couldn't find it. Based on what you
said and what I've read elsewhere, I did the repair yesterday. I used
regular fiberglass (polyester) though, instead of epoxy. I was surprised how
quick it went. It was about 55 degrees in my boat, so I mixed the resin at
the 60 degree level, laid everything up, then put a heat lamp on it, and it
didn't take long at all to harden.
I grossly overestimated the amount of materials I needed. In retrospect, one
of those small fiberglass repair kits would have done the job, but I bought
resin separately (a quart, used 5 ounces) and glass separately (at least a
square yard, used only a fraction) . I went with 3 layers of glass. Not sure
of the weight, but it was whatever the 'standard' shrinkwrapped little
packages are. At least I've got some extra now if I get a wild hair to do
some other projects.
Now, hopefully it will hold. For all I know, this floor has been broken as
long as I've owned the boat. On the other hand, this was a rough year for my
little yacht, with a hard grounding and two T-bonings (one where I was the
t-boner, another where i was the bone-ee. :) so any of those events could
have done it.
-Eric Johnson 1988 P19 #461 "Victoria", Bothell, WA
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