The Board Lady - #5868

Job #5868

Burgashell 1x, fell from overhead rack onto tail, severe buckles just forward and just aft of the cockpit

"travel braces" came off

numerous creases in aft hull

aligned one by one, and taped

cockpit and deck moldings aligned and tacked

cockpit and aft deck joint taped, access port cut into aft deck, loose center web bits removed

fractured center web bits glued back as much as feasible, rest secured with 2-part Urethane foam

lids glued back on

aft deck prepped for new glass

new glass in place on deck

bottom prepped for new laminations

new Carbon and outer fiberglass cloth in place

new laminations feathered out

Epoxy fairing compound liberally applied

and most of it sanded off again

Epoxy primer applied

forward deck buckle

lots of loose center web bits rattling around

pulling the buckles out of the foredeck

more buckles to pull out - getting crowded in there...

gluing in new PVC foam webs

putting the lid back on

prepped for outer laminations

outer glass in place, with extra tabbing over the hull/deck joint

Epoxy fairing compound applied

and most of it sanded off again

painting day

rubbed out and polished, washed, shear stripe applied. total weight gain 13oz

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