seasalt007
Guru
I recently paid for a pre purchase survey on a 2008 U.S. built trawler that states in it's literature that it uses vinylester versus polyester resins in it's construction and coats that with an Interprotect 2000 barrier coat below the waterline.
I expected the bottom to be blister free since my last two boats...a 2000 42' Nordic Tug and a 2002 Albin 35 TESF both were constructed using vinylester resins and had no blisters.
When the 2008 was pulled I was shocked to see a multitude of quarter size blisters on both sides of the keel and on the sides of the bottom away from the keel. They were in a random pattern.
It was postulated by one of the brokers that they were paint blisters until the structural surveyor dug into a couple and confirmed they were under the gel coat.
Because of this issue and a couple more serious concerns, I rejected the boat. I am sad because it was my "bucket list" boat.
My question here is: Was I wrong to assume that a boat using vinlyester resins would be more resistant to blistering?
I expected the bottom to be blister free since my last two boats...a 2000 42' Nordic Tug and a 2002 Albin 35 TESF both were constructed using vinylester resins and had no blisters.
When the 2008 was pulled I was shocked to see a multitude of quarter size blisters on both sides of the keel and on the sides of the bottom away from the keel. They were in a random pattern.
It was postulated by one of the brokers that they were paint blisters until the structural surveyor dug into a couple and confirmed they were under the gel coat.
Because of this issue and a couple more serious concerns, I rejected the boat. I am sad because it was my "bucket list" boat.
My question here is: Was I wrong to assume that a boat using vinlyester resins would be more resistant to blistering?
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