I was wondering whether anyone else (particularly 35-3 owners) had come across substantial differences in construction techniques across builds. I came across a little surprise on Mojito this morning.
I had quite a few blisters in the Awlgrip on the topsides of Mojito and they finally got ugly enough this year that I decided to re-finish the topsides (as-in get the yard to do it). I thought that the blisters were caused by shrink-wrapping over the awlgrip, but they appeared to grow worse year over year, despite my eschewing shrink-wrap for that reason. The yard started work at stripping off the old paint, and it looks like there are two coats of paint / fairing underneath; the last job that was done by the PO in 2001, and something that looks original; there is no gel coat on the topsides at all... The blisters are probably caused by solvent encapsulation, and would have continued to get worse. The yard manager says he's seen that before on C&C's built as one-offs, where they were trying for lighter, racing versions of boats (don't tell PHRF...). The hull number is ZCC35133M84J, which suggests Niagara on the Lake, right, and is nowhere near the beginning of the series? The end result for me is paying for another 30-40 hours of stripping / fairing (ouch), which I will have to deal with, but I'll end up with a very nice result. I'd like to understand more of whether this was original or something that happened later. Is it possible someone peeled the gel coat earlier in the boat's life? Does anyone else have a C&C with no gel coat? Thanks, Tim Mojito C&C 35-3 Branford, CT
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