We're down to bare fiberglass on the starboard side, but not started on port, so I don't know if the gelcoat all ended up on one side...
The blisters were on both sides. At first it seemed like where the shinkwrap would have been tight to the paint, mainly around the stern a couple of foot or so below the toerail, and closer to the toe rail further forward, but they have been spreading. I was going to try the ploy-glo route to try to get another couple of seasons, but it was getting ugly! Thanks, Tim On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Rick Taillieu <[email protected]>wrote: > Tim,**** > > ** ** > > Are the paint blisters on both sides of the boat or just one side?**** > > If it is just one side there may have been some damage at one time that > required the gelcoat to be peeled as part of the repair.**** > > A couple of years ago a boat burnt at the docks at my club.**** > > The boats on either side were towed away to safety but they both had heat > damage to the gelcoat on the side facing the fire.**** > > The repairs entailed peeling away the damaged gelcoat, fairing and > painting the topsides.**** > > ** ** > > Good Luck**** > > ** ** > > Rick Taillieu**** > > Nemesis**** > > '75 C&C 25 #371**** > > Shearwater Yacht Club**** > > Halifax, NS.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tim > Goodyear > *Sent:* April-25-13 2:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Stus-List - C&C construction differences / topsides**** > > ** ** > > 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**** > > **** > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6272 - Release Date: 04/25/13* > *** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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