I had read somewhere that the very end of 1975 is when the resin was changed at the request of the navy. Too many boats were catching on fire as a result of incoming in viet nam. I have 1975 and have never had any blisters and I keep it in Northern Idaho where the summers are hot. rich spies
On Mar 11, 1:59 pm, Day Six <[email protected]> wrote: > Victor: > > I did quite a bit of research into this before I bought my 42 DC. > What I discovered is that Uniflite changed resins in August of 1974 > and the new resins caused the blister problem. I bought a 1974 model > built in April of 1974 and have had only one blister problem. I > forgot that the manufacture date of a boat is the day that the "keel" > is laid. There have been a couple of blisters on the piece that forms > the cabin side and "sun visor" over the cabin windshields. It seems > that several months elapsed between the molding of the hull and the > installation of this last piece of the boat. I haven't found a > blister on any other part of the boat in the seven years I've owned > it. > > As I was only interested in an older boat so I never discovered a date > that ended the "blister problem". > > As I'm sure you have been advised, the blisters are only cosmetic and > not a structure problem. If you can find a blistered boat cheap > enough, there are many yards that can permanently take care of the > blisters. > > Fair winds: > Kent > > On Mar 11, 3:50 am, flitebuilder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello all! > > > Does anyone have definitive dates as to which models have the > > blistering resin in them. I have heard anywhere from '70 to '74 > > styart to '80 to '85 end. Any help on this is appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > Victor- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
