I own 1980 42 convertible had hundreds of blisters, ground down to fiberglass and reepoxyed and bottom painted 4 years ago no new blisters. Local work yard in Edmonds did the work very resonably. > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:35:55 -0700 > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Blistering Era clarification > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > 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 - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > >
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