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Re: Other: Please help me revive a boat *PIC*
By:louisd75
Date: 12/12/2011, 12:25 am
In Response To: Other: Please help me revive a boat *PIC* (louisd75)

Here's a view of the stern. You can see the bracket for the rudder mount and some of the damaged fiberglass. The damage on the bow is very similar. It's difficult for me to tell if the fiberglass originally wrapped around the stem piece there or if it just came up along the sides. I can't imagine why it wouldn't wrap around unless the stem piece was meant to be sacrificial, but then again, I don't really know. Is this something that fiberglass can just be epoxied over, or should I remove the original fiberglass (by sanding?) back down to the bare wood and start over? If I go this route, will the different layers of fiberglass create problems at the overlap?

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Other: Please help me revive a boat *PIC*
louisd75 -- 12/12/2011, 12:19 am
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louisd75 -- 12/12/2011, 12:25 am
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louisd75 -- 12/12/2011, 12:30 am
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louisd75 -- 12/12/2011, 12:34 am
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louisd75 -- 12/12/2011, 12:39 am
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louisd75 -- 12/12/2011, 12:43 am
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louisd75 -- 12/12/2011, 12:51 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/12/2011, 1:18 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/12/2011, 4:42 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 12/12/2011, 7:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2011, 4:45 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 12/13/2011, 12:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/14/2011, 2:32 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/12/2011, 4:45 am
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Eric Mattison -- 12/13/2011, 2:20 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 12/12/2011, 7:11 am
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John Messinger -- 12/12/2011, 8:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2011, 4:48 am
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les cheeseman -- 12/14/2011, 11:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2011, 2:55 am
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John VanBuren -- 12/12/2011, 4:40 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 12/12/2011, 10:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2011, 4:50 am
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louisd75 -- 12/13/2011, 11:23 pm
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louisd75 -- 12/13/2011, 11:32 pm
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louisd75 -- 12/13/2011, 11:52 pm
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robert l -- 3/18/2012, 8:03 pm
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louisd75 -- 12/13/2011, 11:49 pm
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louisd75 -- 12/14/2011, 12:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/14/2011, 2:38 am
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