Bought the Ariel last week, started to realy dig into her and check everything out, I had already planned to redo the through hull 'repairs' as they didn't -look- right, but when I realy dug into it, I almost laughed untill I remembered that the boat was sold as 'ready to sail'
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Hopefully those links work.
Ken.
ever find wacky repairs?
Re: ever find wacky repairs?
Sure, as in "I tossed a coin into the wishing well and watched it sail to the bottom."kendall wrote:. . . I almost laughed untill I remembered that the boat was sold as 'ready to sail'
What Charlie said. Yikes-o-rama!
On the other hand: Congrats on digging in to you new boat :) And thanks for posting photos.
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Looks like you got a fine boat, other than a few little details.
Those through-hull repairs are pretty awful, though! And why would anybody fill a bolt hole with a bolt and a huge cover plate?
Seems to me that you don't really have to patch a through-hull hole with a full-thickness scarphed-in layup, though. The hull was strong enough with the hole, so the repair is about the hole, not the hull. I closed two; one was 1 1/4" in dia and the other a smidge larger. The hull was about 1/2" thick thereabouts. I removed all non-orignal hull materials to get clean, sound surfaces; ground for something over a 1:8 scarph, and a layup of 1/4" thick across the hole. I filled the remainder of the depth with microfiber-reinforced epoxy.
No doubt, someone will be coming along after each of us and looking at our 'wacky' repairs.
Those through-hull repairs are pretty awful, though! And why would anybody fill a bolt hole with a bolt and a huge cover plate?
Seems to me that you don't really have to patch a through-hull hole with a full-thickness scarphed-in layup, though. The hull was strong enough with the hole, so the repair is about the hole, not the hull. I closed two; one was 1 1/4" in dia and the other a smidge larger. The hull was about 1/2" thick thereabouts. I removed all non-orignal hull materials to get clean, sound surfaces; ground for something over a 1:8 scarph, and a layup of 1/4" thick across the hole. I filled the remainder of the depth with microfiber-reinforced epoxy.
No doubt, someone will be coming along after each of us and looking at our 'wacky' repairs.
plates and holes
I was pretty surprised to find nothing under that plate. Since they are laid out in a pattern, and the PO mentioned that the guy he got her from had a 'circus tent' for it, I'm wondering if he didn't have a framework that sat on the plates to support the 'tent'
I repaired the holes from both sides with a small puck in it, ground back about 12:1 and layered in some cloth. All that's left is to fair them out. there was a small plastic through hull right in the deepest part of the keel hooked to the sink. No seacock on it, just a hose leading up by the sink. Not sure whether I want to seal it or mount a garboard plug in the hole.
I was mostly surprised that there was no prep done on the holes, and that the bondo was so soft, very flexible. Once I punched a hole in it I was able to pull it out bare fingered. Think a cork would have been harder to remove than that was.
Other than a couple soft spots, decks are nice and solid, if it were spring instead of fall I'd finish up the patches then splash her and do everything else in the water.
Ken.
I repaired the holes from both sides with a small puck in it, ground back about 12:1 and layered in some cloth. All that's left is to fair them out. there was a small plastic through hull right in the deepest part of the keel hooked to the sink. No seacock on it, just a hose leading up by the sink. Not sure whether I want to seal it or mount a garboard plug in the hole.
I was mostly surprised that there was no prep done on the holes, and that the bondo was so soft, very flexible. Once I punched a hole in it I was able to pull it out bare fingered. Think a cork would have been harder to remove than that was.
Other than a couple soft spots, decks are nice and solid, if it were spring instead of fall I'd finish up the patches then splash her and do everything else in the water.
Ken.
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Dang!
That is pretty nasty...
That is pretty nasty...
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