Clearly the blisters didn’t slow your ambition to fix her up and sail, I appreciate your ambition. And that blisters were hiding so far under the surface tells me that its something of a hidden problem.
Thanks, Chris > On Jul 9, 2017, at 2:58 AM, T power <sv_invic...@outlook.com> wrote: > > I have a 1973 MKI . great boat. Solid hull. Last year when i bought it. I > sanded adout 4 layers of old bottom paint, found about 4 pin sized blisters, > had the rest of the paint removed by soda blasting. That reveled a few > thousand pin sized blisters. Some epoxy, lots of sanding. Followed by barrier > and bottom paint and it is good to go. > I also have some softened deck next to the mast, stanchon spider cracks and a > port chainplate that is leaking, which will need addressing. > They are a great boat, very fun. > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Chris Hobson via > CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:08:00 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Chris Hobson > Subject: Stus-List 1980 C&C 30 purchase queries > > Hey all, I'm about to go through with a survey on a 1980 C&C 30, noted a few > things on my own initial inspection, curious if other 30 owners of this > vintage have had similar repairs and how much of a concern the repairs were. > > Here’s what I found: > - Moisture along the top of the raised dorade boxes - heard something about > this area being a high stress area next to the mast > - Stanchion flex on one port-side spider cracking at the deck > - Owner states “one dime-size blister” is this a red herring? Thinking where > there’s one blister there’s more. One of the subjects were: any more than 6 > blisters and the owner pays for the haul out. Have had two bad experiences > before on previous boats I surveyed wanted to be covered. > - Any idea what the consistency of the hull is on this vintage? I.E. balsa > cored at the waterline > > Appreciate any thoughts or insights.
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