Hi to all,
I have a '76 Mega with NO blisters at all
John
On Mar 12, 12:10 am, "roaten" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My son owns a 1975 Uniflite Sport Sedan and it never has had any blisters.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rich" <[email protected]>
> To: "UnifliteWorld" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:16 PM
> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Blistering Era clarification
>
> 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 -
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