You crack me up
by Jake on Jun.12, 2006, under Composite Works
I got the crack cut away and the fiberglass laid on the F18 this evening. The underlying problem was a poor joint with voids. I imagine it cracked either while being deeply submerged during one of the two pitchpoles (where the bows were submerged to substantial depths!) from the regatta several months ago or from standing on the side of it while trying to get it to spin into the wind properly to be righted. At any rate, the joint was pretty bad to begin with – should be stronger than new when the polyester resin sets up tonight. Tommorow, I’ll clean up and fair the repair area and if the weather permits, spray some gelcoat back on it Wednesday evening.
