Hellooooo out there!
Anyway, so I found a really cheap 470 that's beat to hell and the hull is in great shape actually.
The gunnels/sitting-area is pretty soft in the picture attached (not the boat in question, but just to show the area). Someone tried to "fix" the problem with some really poorly layed up fiberglass that didn't adhere barely at all.
I've just finished power scraping the bad fiberglass off. And I had two ideas to fix the soft spots.
My current idea: Get some strips of pressure treated wood or teak or something solid inside the hull via the inspection ports and through-bolt it to the underside of the deck to add some stiffness, and then flip the boat upside down and do a resin pour mixed in with lots of silica and shredded fiberglass to go over the wood. This will create a nice base to work from, and then add a few layers of fiberglass cloth above and build up the deck a bit.
I'm really not going for aesthetics here, mostly just interested in getting this boat in the water so me and a friend can then proceed to beat the hell out of it until maybe it sinks. Once we sink it then we'll get a nice new(er) 470 to play with!
Anyway, so I found a really cheap 470 that's beat to hell and the hull is in great shape actually.
The gunnels/sitting-area is pretty soft in the picture attached (not the boat in question, but just to show the area). Someone tried to "fix" the problem with some really poorly layed up fiberglass that didn't adhere barely at all.
I've just finished power scraping the bad fiberglass off. And I had two ideas to fix the soft spots.
My current idea: Get some strips of pressure treated wood or teak or something solid inside the hull via the inspection ports and through-bolt it to the underside of the deck to add some stiffness, and then flip the boat upside down and do a resin pour mixed in with lots of silica and shredded fiberglass to go over the wood. This will create a nice base to work from, and then add a few layers of fiberglass cloth above and build up the deck a bit.
I'm really not going for aesthetics here, mostly just interested in getting this boat in the water so me and a friend can then proceed to beat the hell out of it until maybe it sinks. Once we sink it then we'll get a nice new(er) 470 to play with!