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Old 12-17-2014, 04:28 AM   #22
stornoway7
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City: Hobart
Vessel Name: Theresa
Vessel Model: Cheoy Lee 66 LRMY
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 118
Hi Aquabelle,I stripped back the hull to the laminate because of excessive antifoul buildup and gelcoat failure.
Theresa was a one owner boat when I bought her last year,the owner was still boating at 94,hope I am at that age.
She has never had the a/f stripped back ,a lot of areas were falling off,some a/f was up to 5mm thick.
When I started scraping back a lot of gelcoat was also coming off so the decision was taken to have the hull blasted to get the rest off.
After the blasting (with crushed beer bottles in a slurry) I still had to sand the entire hull to fair it.
The blue band around the waterline below the boot top is epoxy fairing paste.Just to improve the finish in this area as it is exposed when the boat is in lightship.
Then we applied 5 coats of Interprotect epoxy,then 2 coats of Micron Extra.
Also new anodes,polished and waxed the topsides.
Changed the homeport on the stern from Newport to Hobart.
I'm lucky in that I have a couple of employee's who have never owned a boat and had no idea what to expect.I only feel a little bit guilty.
My Tom Sawyer and the fence moment.
She looks a lot better now.
One more tick on the job list.
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