Here's the view looking forward after the hull was cleaned up. The next step was to layer fiberglass woven roving (18 oz) and epoxy over all of the below water line fiberglass surfaces.
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Date: 06/02/09 - 3:49 PM
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Finnwhale: I'm contemplating exactly yhe same repair, but on a slightly older vintage (~1970, 13ft standard). Did you hollow out the foam in the hull to replace it? Or had the foam disolved with the salt intrusion? I'm in Smithfield RI, and looking forward to putting this project into naragansett! before transfer to a new owner in CT. Thanks, Truant1.
No, the foam definitely did not dissolve! It absorbed the water like a sponge; weighed down the back tremendously. As I said in later posts, the boat definitely jumped up on a plane much better after all the work was done.
