Ouch! I'm hull 14 - ZCC35014M83F - with gel coat. Joel 35/3 Annapolis
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Tim Goodyear <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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